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Musculoskeletal Disorders: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken for patients with musculoskeletal conditions to be treated in Leeds North East constituency; and if he will make an assessment of the potential meri

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
30 Apr 2025
Target answer date
6 May 2025
Answer
6 May 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken for patients with musculoskeletal conditions to be treated in Leeds North East constituency; and if he will make an assessment of the potential meri

  2. 6 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 May 2025

    Answer published

    There are no plans by either the Department or NHS England to review the use of chiropractors in the treatment of individuals with musculoskeletal conditions.Where there is demand, integrated care boards are able to make independent decisions on which hea...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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