Question 9944 — health professions

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Mr. Fabrice Le Vigoureux draws the attention of the Minister of Solidarity and Health to the profession of speech therapist and more particularly to the situation of the provision of speech therapy care in public health establishments. Speech therapy concerns many French families, adults and children with voice, speech, language, communication disorders, etc. In 2013, a first step forward was made place thanks to the reform of speech therapy studies carrying the certificate of ability in speech therapy of three to five years of training, being recognized as a master's degree. However, today, public service speech therapists are paid in hospitals on a basis equivalent to two or three years of post-baccalaureate studies. No salary increase was carried out, leading to a gap between the level of skills and the level of remuneration. Today, a beginner speech therapist is paid 1.06 minimum wage, and it is easily understandable that a salary barely above the minimum wage at the start of their career, for a master's degree, does not attract young graduates. In addition, it takes fourteen years of seniority for a speech therapist to reach 2,000 euros net. Under these conditions, the positions, which are hardly attractive, are no longer filled and are gradually disappearing, the training offer is reduced because each year the number of internship and research opportunities at the hospital decreases, due to a lack of supervising professionals. All of these elements lead to a loss or even absence of speech therapy care while needs continue to grow. This non-recognition leading to a shortage of speech therapists in public or semi-public healthcare establishments poses a public health problem. important. Many hospital departments (neurological, otolaryngological, geriatric) express their concerns about the weakening of the profession. In addition, this situation disrupts the “city hospital” network, and private speech therapists are faced with considerable waiting lists. In Normandy, you have to wait around two years for the treatment of new patients. So, he asks to please indicate whether the Government intends to modify the salary scales of speech therapists in order to remedy this situation.

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