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Chiropractic
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will (a) reevaluate the categorisation of chiropractic care as a complementary and alternative medicine and (b) conduct further research into the potential merits of integrating c
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 25 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 28 Mar 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will (a) reevaluate the categorisation of chiropractic care as a complementary and alternative medicine and (b) conduct further research into the potential merits of integrating c
27 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Mar 2025
Answer published
NHS England does not currently support or nationally commission chiropractic care in the National Health Service. Integrated care boards are able to make independent decisions on which health professionals they employ and may commission a limited amount o...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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