Written question asked by James Naish (Labour) on Monday, 28 April 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 30 April 2025. It was answered by Karin Smyth (Labour) on Tuesday, 6 May 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Musculoskeletal Disorders: Health Services
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for musculoskeletal services in Rushcliffe constituency; and if he will consider the use of chiropractors as regulated healthcare professionals to reduce those waiting times.
- Answer
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NHS England does not nationally commission chiropractic care as it is a complementary and alternative medicine. There are no plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of integrating chiropractic care into centrally commissioned National Health Service care.
Where there is demand, integrated care boards are able to make independent decisions on which health professionals they employ and may commission a limited amount of such treatment.
Cutting waiting lists forms a key part of the Government’s mission to reform the NHS.
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- 48587
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- Chiropractic Health services Waiting lists Musculoskeletal disorders Rushcliffe
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