§ Sir Bernard Braineasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will now make treatment by acupuncture available to patients in the National Health Service.
§ Mr. MoyleAcupuncture is already available as a treatment, particularly in the relief of pain, in the National Health
102Wreceived electro-convulsive treatment at Coney Hill Hospital in the past three years refers to separate individuals who have received treatment or refers to the number of occasions on which electroconvulsive therapy treatment has been used.
§ Mr. MoyleI can only confirm my earlier reply, which related to the number of patients, not treatments.—[Vol. 953, c.337.]