§ Mr. SpellerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what consideration he has given to the experience of Denmark in the provision of chiropractic within its national health service; and if he will make it his policy to include this discipline in the national health service.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyWe are aware that in Denmark chiropractic is available under the state health scheme. However, all medical treatment under the NHS must, by law, be given or presented by a registered medical practitioner or by certain state registered professions who practice in their own right. There are no plans to change that long established principle.