Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the availability of NHS physiotherapy appointments.

There are no current plans to make an assessment.

NHS England published its intermediate care framework for rehabilitation, reablement and recovery following hospital discharge in September 2023, to help ensure high quality care after hospital discharge. This framework is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/intermediate-care-framework-for-rehabilitation-reablement-and-recovery-following-hospital-discharge/