Brain drain fears see call for more speech therapists

More speech and language therapists are needed to provide children with the services they need and to stop a ‘brain drain’ of graduates.

That is according to the Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists after a new working paper on the availability of speech and language& therapy said it was chronically under-resourced and unable to cope with demand.

Chairman Jonathan Linklater said the situation is “not a new one” and more resources are needed.