Parliamentary QA
Number of Speech and Language Therapists Registered to Practise and Waiting Time to Get a First Appointment through Public Healthcare System
21 April 2023
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NOTICE PAPER NO. 1856
NOTICE OF QUESTION FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
FOR THE SITTING OF PARLIAMENT ON OR AFTER 21 APRIL 2023
Name and Constituency of Member of Parliament
Ms He Ting Ru
MP for Sengkang GRC
Question No. 2901
To ask the Minister for Health in each of the last five years (a) how many speech and language therapists are registered to practise in Singapore; and (b) what is the average waiting time to get a first appointment with a speech and language therapist through the public healthcare system.
Answer
The data on the number of registered Speech and Language Therapists in Singapore in each of the last five years can be found in the Allied Health Professions Council’s (AHPC) Annual report 2022 on AHPC's website: AHPC | Announcements (healthprofessionals.gov.sg).
The average waiting time for the first appointment with a Speech and Language Therapist in the public healthcare system for each of the years from 2018 to 2022 is five weeks.