Speech therapy services in Wilshire to receive extra funding
Tuesday 9th June 2009
Speech therapy services for children in Wiltshire are to set to receive a boost.
The Department of Health is to provide an additional £15,000 to improve the offerings.
With the help of the extra investment, a project manager working with both NHS Wiltshire and Wiltshire council will be employed to coordinate efforts to enhance the services provided.
The move follows the findings of a study which revealed that there were gaps in the offerings provided by three separate organisations.
Now, a single speech therapy service will be established.
Commenting on the issue, Maddy Ferrari, an assistant director at NHS Wiltshire, said: "Although individual speech and language therapists are doing a good job ... across the county there are between 200 and 300 children waiting for treatment and there is a lack of service for secondary school children."
Last month, NHS Wiltshire revealed that it ended the 2008-09 financial year with a £1.167 million financial surplus.
Written by Martin Lambert
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