HC Deb 17 July 1978 vol 954 cc101-2W
Sir Bernard Braine

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will now make treatment by acupuncture available to patients in the National Health Service.

Mr. Moyle

Acupuncture is already available as a treatment, particularly in the relief of pain, in the National Health

received 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. Moyle

I can only confirm my earlier reply, which related to the number of patients, not treatments.—[Vol. 953, c.337.]