Physiotherapy work experience

Every hospital will have a work experience co-ordinator. This is usually one of the juniors who wants a bit of extra experience to put on their CV. Our trust has a co-ordinator lady and a junior. There won't be a work experience extension, or it is very unlikely, and there isn't a special week throughout the year. All the trusts I have worked at we take 2 students a month. I would suggest you go along personally to your local NHS trust, head to the physiotherapy outpatients department, and ask them for a contact of who co-ordinates work experience. They will likely not know, but they should be happy to provide you with the contact details of the Lead physiotherapist, and they will know. It is not difficult to get work experience - this misconception comes up time and time again on here. You just need to put a bit of effort in. We haven't had work experience students for a few months now as nobody has applied. We have one coming next week (we take ours at the start of the month). Had anyone approached us in the last few months they would have got a day or two with us at the drop of a hat.

I suppose it's just different with different places. I'm from Northern Ireland and I had to apply months in advance (I was told it was because of getting insurance). Also, we were told that this was one of the few times (other than NHS workshops) that we would be able to get work experience, although after reading your reply, I believe we may have been told this by our Careers teacher to get applications in quickly...