What action it will take to address the increase in the working hours of speech and language therapists under the Agenda for Change.

Answered Asked by Sandra White SNP Lodged 18 Nov 2003

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to address the increase in the working hours of speech and language therapists under the Agenda for Change.

The answer

Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 3 Dec 2003 · 15 days after it was lodged, on time

Nationally, speech and languagetherapists work unconditioned hours and in some cases locally hours exceed thenew standard of 37.5 hours proposed under Agenda for Change. In thiscontext, alongside the standard hours of 37.5, Agenda for Changeprovides for out of hours and, separately, unsocial hours rewards. These termsare currently not in the national agreements for speech and languagetherapists.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-04229 by reference.