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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) safeguards and (b) support her Department has put in place to help protect people who experience (i) injury and (ii) illness from acupuncture.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) safeguards and (b) support her Department has put in place to help protect people who experience (i) injury and (ii) illness from acupuncture.
Acupuncturists are not statutorily regulated in the United Kingdom. The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) operates a voluntary registers programme, which provides a proportionate means of assurance for unregulated professions and which sits between employer controls and statutory regulation by setting standards for organisations holding voluntary registers for unregulated health and social care occupations.
The British Acupuncture Council (BAcC) holds a register of acupuncturists, which is accredited by the PSA. To gain accreditation from the PSA, organisations must meet its nine Standards for Accredited Registers. These standards require organisations: to have a focus on public protection; to have processes for handling complaints against practitioners; to set appropriate levels of education and training for entry to the register; to require registrants to undertake continuing professional development; and to understand and monitor the risks associated with the practices of registrants.
The BAcC is an independent, representative body and as such, does not fall under Government oversight. Therefore, any decisions about the practice requirements for the professions it represents are a matter for the organisation and its members.
The Government would encourage anyone accessing acupuncture services to establish whether their practitioner is registered with a voluntary register accredited by the PSA, such as that held by the BAcC.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms his Department has put in place to hold the British Acupuncture Council to account for (a) injuries and (b) illnesses from acupuncture treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms his Department has put in place to hold the British Acupuncture Council to account for (a) injuries and (b) illnesses from acupuncture treatment.
Acupuncturists are not statutorily regulated in the United Kingdom. The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) operates a voluntary registers programme, which provides a proportionate means of assurance for unregulated professions and which sits between employer controls and statutory regulation by setting standards for organisations holding voluntary registers for unregulated health and social care occupations.
The British Acupuncture Council (BAcC) holds a register of acupuncturists, which is accredited by the PSA. To gain accreditation from the PSA, organisations must meet its nine Standards for Accredited Registers. These standards require organisations: to have a focus on public protection; to have processes for handling complaints against practitioners; to set appropriate levels of education and training for entry to the register; to require registrants to undertake continuing professional development; and to understand and monitor the risks associated with the practices of registrants.
The BAcC is an independent, representative body and as such, does not fall under Government oversight. Therefore, any decisions about the practice requirements for the professions it represents are a matter for the organisation and its members.
The Government would encourage anyone accessing acupuncture services to establish whether their practitioner is registered with a voluntary register accredited by the PSA, such as that held by the BAcC.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2018 to Question 166178 on Acupuncture, what steps his Department is taking to maintain the provision of acupuncture services in the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2018 to Question 166178 on Acupuncture, what steps his Department is taking to maintain the provision of acupuncture services in the NHS.
Clinical commissioning groups have a statutory responsibility to commission cost effective health care for their patients. In doing so they use their clinical expertise to assess and prioritise those treatments, including acupuncture services, that provide the safest and most effective outcomes for the population as a whole.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Clinical Commissioning Groups have adequate funding to maintain the provision of NHS-funded acupuncture services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Clinical Commissioning Groups have adequate funding to maintain the provision of NHS-funded acupuncture services.
Clinical commissioning group (CCG) funding is determined through the CCG funding allocation formula, a statistical formula used to make geographic distribution of funding fair and reflective of local healthcare needs. CCGs have a statutory responsibility to commission services which meet the needs of their local population, however the National Health Service does not have unlimited resources and CCGs may have to make difficult decisions about commissioning high-quality care cost-effectively.
CCGs have the flexibility within the legislative framework to decide how far to commission these functions and have the flexibility to commission any service provider that meets NHS standards and costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of acupuncture on the NHS in each Clinical Commissioning Groups in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of acupuncture on the NHS in each Clinical Commissioning Groups in England.
No such assessment has been made. It is the responsibility of clinical commissioning groups to make decisions on the commissioning and funding of any health care treatments for National Health Service patients, such as acupuncture, taking account of issues to do with safety, clinical and cost-effectiveness and the availability of suitably qualified or regulated practitioners.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will outline the process within the NHS for patient referrals to an acupuncturist.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will outline the process within the NHS for patient referrals to an acupuncturist.
National Health Service processes to refer patients to an acupuncturist will be determined locally.
It is the responsibility of local NHS organisations to make decisions on the commissioning and funding of any health care treatments for NHS patients, such as acupuncture, taking account of issues to do with safety, clinical and cost-effectiveness and the availability of suitably qualified or regulated practitioners.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the advice given by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on acupuncture as a pain management treatment.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the advice given by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on acupuncture as a pain management treatment.
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The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is an independent body and its clinical guidelines, developed through a rigorous and consultative process, are widely recognised as authoritative guidance for the national health service. Local commissioners are expected to take account of NICE and other professional guidance in determining the services they commission for their local populations in the light of local needs and priorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many NHS trusts have categorised facet joint injections, caudal epidural injections or acupuncture as low priority treatments; and for what reasons;
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many NHS trusts have categorised facet joint injections, caudal epidural injections or acupuncture as low priority treatments; and for what reasons;
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The information requested is not available centrally. Commissioners are responsible for using their available resources to secure the best possible care for their populations, taking into account national clinical guidance and standards and local needs and priorities. In future, front line clinicians in clinical commissioning groups will be taking the lead in making these judgments. Where a commissioner has decided, as a matter of general policy, not to provide funding for certain treatments, they should have in place a transparent and fair process for considering requests for exceptional treatment on their merits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he has had discussions with representatives of (a) the University of Portsmouth and (b) the Student Loans Company on the future of the London College of Traditional Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he has had discussions with representatives of (a) the University of Portsmouth and (b) the Student Loans Company on the future of the London College of Traditional Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many representations he has received on the London College of Traditional Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine since its collapse; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many representations he has received on the London College of Traditional Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine since its collapse; and if he will make a statement.
The issue of whether or not practitioners of acupuncture, herbal medicine and traditional Chinese medicine should be statutorily regulated has been debated since the House of Lords' Select Committee on Science and Technology's report in 2000 recommended statutory regulation for the first two of these groups. We have today published...
The issue of whether or not practitioners of acupuncture, herbal medicine and traditional Chinese medicine should be statutorily regulated has been debated since the House of Lords' Select Committee on Science and Technology's report in 2000 recommended statutory regulation for the first two of these groups. We have today published...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Health (Andrew Lansley) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The issue of whether or not practitioners of acupuncture, herbal medicine and traditional Chinese medicine should be statutorily regulated has been debated since the House of Lords Select Committee on Science...
My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Health (Andrew Lansley) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. The issue of whether or not practitioners of acupuncture, herbal medicine and traditional Chinese medicine should be statutorily regulated has been debated since the House of Lords Select Committee on Science...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in view of European Union legislation, acupuncturists and herbal and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners will be able to continue to practise after April 2011.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in view of European Union legislation, acupuncturists and herbal and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners will be able to continue to practise after April 2011.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will make a decision on the statutory regulation of acupuncture, herbal medicine and traditional Chinese medicine.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will make a decision on the statutory regulation of acupuncture, herbal medicine and traditional Chinese medicine.
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Thornton on 10 November (WA 141), whether acupuncturists, herbal medicinalists and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners will be able to continue to practise after April 2011 as they do at present, in the absence of statutory regulation and any...
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Thornton on 10 November (WA 141), whether acupuncturists, herbal medicinalists and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners will be able to continue to practise after April 2011 as they do at present, in the absence of statutory regulation and any...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they still plan to introduce statutory registration of herbalists and acupuncturists in the United Kingdom; and, if not, why not.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they still plan to introduce statutory registration of herbalists and acupuncturists in the United Kingdom; and, if not, why not.
I notice that we have a little time left. I am grateful to the Minister for her helpful response. A number of disciplines were mentioned and I could have referred to radionics, for example, for which a double-blind trial is almost impossible, yet it is very popular because people believe...
I notice that we have a little time left. I am grateful to the Minister for her helpful response. A number of disciplines were mentioned and I could have referred to radionics, for example, for which a double-blind trial is almost impossible, yet it is very popular because people believe...
I think that that intervention demonstrates why it is so important for the Government to take the position of not being for or against specific complementary and alternative medicine, and—as I said at the beginning of my speech—treating it in the same way as mainstream medicine. I am aware of...
I think that that intervention demonstrates why it is so important for the Government to take the position of not being for or against specific complementary and alternative medicine, and—as I said at the beginning of my speech—treating it in the same way as mainstream medicine. I am aware of...
I am very grateful for the opportunity, Madam Deputy Speaker. Having been in the House for a while, I look for such opportunities. I have mentioned the problems of negative information, particularly in the context of the Royal London homeopathic hospital and homeopathy generally, and of what is effectively an...
I am very grateful for the opportunity, Madam Deputy Speaker. Having been in the House for a while, I look for such opportunities. I have mentioned the problems of negative information, particularly in the context of the Royal London homeopathic hospital and homeopathy generally, and of what is effectively an...