Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Lord Skelmersdale (Conservative). It was answered on Tuesday, 3 July 2007.
Health: Homeopathy
- Question
- My Lords, the noble Baroness has said twice now that decisions on such matters are for individual PCTs, and one can understand that. However, is this not overridden by NICE or can the PCTs ignore its advice?
- Answer
-
My Lords, NICE has not yet appraised homeopathic medicine. As I said, it is for PCTs to make decisions on the commissioning of complementary and alternative therapies, including homeopathy. Some clinical guidelines produced by NICE have included references to complementary and alternative therapies alongside more conventional treatment. We believe that NICE should look at both conventional and alternative medicine.
Secondary information
- Type
- Oral question
- Reference
- 693 c899
- Session
- 2006-07
- Oral question type
- Supplementary
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Lords chamber
- Subjects
- Documents NHS Primary care trusts Homeopathy
- Link
- View this Oral question on www.publications.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2014-09-01 22:18:09 +0100
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/Hansard/PARLIAMENTARY_QUESTION_1248272/-question
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/Hansard/PARLIAMENTARY_QUESTION_1248272/-question
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/Hansard/PARLIAMENTARY_QUESTION_1248272/-question