Speech therapy is provided by health authorities to adults and children as part of the range of services available to meet health care needs locally.
Since then, his parents have fought a protracted and sometimes desperate battle to get the speech therapy that he needs.
Information on the number of individuals awaiting speech therapy assessment is not collected centrally.
Local education authorities and district health authorities are responsible for arranging speech therapy services for children in special schools.
The authority claims that there will be alternative arrangements for dental services, special needs, the orthodontic clinic service and for speech therapy.
Speech therapy services are the responsibility of health authorities.
Two of the three speech therapy trials observed a significant increase in speech volume in treated patients but intelligibility was not examined.
Statutory responsibility rests with education authorities to secure the provision of speech therapy for children whose record of needs specifies that requirement.
