Question 6887 — health professions

Summary

Ms. Alexandra Martin (Alpes-Maritimes) draws the attention of the Minister to the Minister of Labor, Health, Solidarity and Families, responsible for health and access to care, on the need to upgrade the profession of speech therapist, faced with a worrying shortage of practitioners. Even though requests for care are constantly increasing, speech therapists are struggling to meet growing needs. of the population. However, their intervention is essential in the healthcare system, from birth to the end of life, they support children with language or learning disorders as well as elderly people suffering from degenerative diseases or in rehabilitation following a stroke. Due to the aging of the population, requests for them continue to grow. However, due to lack of sufficient resources, Waiting times to get an appointment can reach up to a year, compromising access to care for many patients. This situation raises the concern of all professionals in the sector who are calling for an upgrading of the profession. Tensions are aggravated by the lack of attractiveness of employee status. Of the 24,000 speech therapists in practice in France, only 5,000 work in public structures - particularly due to very low remuneration. In 2024, with a bac+5, the basic salary was barely more than 1,700 euros gross. This leads many speech therapists towards liberal practice, which is however not suitable for all audiences. Finally, the number of places in initial training is limited - due to a lack of sufficient resources for universities. In this context, she asks him what measures the Government intends to implement works to combat the shortage of speech therapists in the region, increase their remuneration and improve training capacities to guarantee rapid and equitable access to care for all patients.

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