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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to urgently, and substantially, increase the number of Junior Physiotherapist jobs in the NHS. More details
Submitted by Jill Wigmore-Welsh – Deadline to sign up by: 11 July 2007 – Signatures: 8,589
Due to cuts in NHS posts, a crises has been reached in the number of UK trained new graduate Physiotherapists who are unemployed. In 2006 a survey of graduate unemployment showed that 86% of the 2006 year nearly 2,500 graduates in England failed to find permanent positions. In Scotland the figure was 91% and in Northern Ireland 85%. In Wales the figure a little better, with 68% having failed to find permanent employment.Taking account that a new student cohort will qualify in 2007, the government needs to take urgent action to substantially increase the number of Junior Physiotherapist posts in the NHS.
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