busy physios

Hi everyone,
Coming up to the end of this placement I am actually begining to realise how big an impact we are having on the clients/patients we treat each day as much as it is also a learning experience for us as students. As most of us take on our own case load at each prac we go on, I am often interested in how much physio treatment some clients actually recieve when there are no physio students available and the actual physios have a much larger case load to manage (this may only be the case at certain organisations/hospitals). I was made aware of this today as i explained to one lady that this week is actually my last, and that after having intensive physio for 5 wks she will now have go back onto the waiting list until another student or physio is able to fit her back into their case load. She was very disappointed because she felt as though she had worked really hard with me and made big improvements, only to now realise that she will probably deteriorate again as she wont be recieving any treatment. When my supervisor attempted to explain that eventually she will recieve treatment from someone else (its just that our resources are scarce), she became frustrated as she knew that she would just have to start from sratch again and repeat all the same exercises with the new physio/student just to get back to her current level of function. I actually felt really bad as i understood exactly what she meant, however the problem of physio shortage is out of our hands!
So thats my little story for the week, not sure if anyone has come across this situation or not but i get the feeling that it may be fairly common!