Question 14614 — health professions

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Mr. Benoit Potterie draws the attention of the Minister of Solidarity and Health to access to speech therapy care. This is becoming increasingly difficult due to a shortage of speech therapists. This is due, among other factors, to a sharply increasing demand, associated with a numerus clausus that is too restrictive for access to the first year of study. This shortage is particularly acute in the public sector, where the low attractiveness of the jobs offered to speech therapists is responsible for an alarming job vacancy rate. In turn, the vacancy of positions in the public sector is responsible for a backlog in private speech therapy practices. As a result, to date, waiting times to obtain appointments are very long. They can last up to a year and a half in certain territories. Some patients, who may be in emergency situations, find themselves unable to receive treatment. Others, due to the waiting time, develop additional or aggravated pathologies, which then become more difficult to treat. Faced with this worrying situation, he wishes to question him to find out what measures are being considered in order to improve access to speech therapy care.

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