§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the NHS trusts which provide(a) alternative and (b) complementary medicine. [138105]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonDetails of which national health service organisations provide access to complementary or alternative medicines are not recorded centrally.
570WHowever, a survey of general practices in England, conducted in 2001 for the Department by the Medical Care Research Unit, University of Sheffield, found that almost half the practices offered patients some access to complementary or alternative medicines. The therapies most frequently provided were acupuncture and homeopathy.
Source
Family Practice, Vol. 20, No. 5, Oxford University Press 2003.