Question follow-through · 109574
Musculoskeletal Disorders: Chiropractic
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential role chiropractors could play in reducing the numbers of patients on waiting lists for treatment of musculoskeletal conditions.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 29 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 5 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
29 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential role chiropractors could play in reducing the numbers of patients on waiting lists for treatment of musculoskeletal conditions.
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Feb 2026
Answer published
As set out in the Plan for Change, we have committed to return to the National Health Service constitutional standard that 92% of patients, including those waiting for musculoskeletal treatment, wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment by M...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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