Cranial Osteopathy (Hansard, 19 November 2001)

HC Deb 19 November 2001 vol 375 cc114-5W 115W

§ Mr. Edwards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement about the provision of cranial osteopathy in the NHS. [13658]

§ Jacqui Smith
Decisions on national health service provision of complementary or alternative medicine treatments are made by those responsible for commissioning health services for patients locally.
Osteopathy—of which cranial osteopathy is one form—is already available on the NHS, and is included in the information pack on complementary and alternative medicine for primary care groups which the Department published in July 2000.