A question on #Hydrotherapy tabled by Noah Law on 28-01-2025 has been answered by Karin Smyth.

Heading: Hydrotherapy
Question ID: 1759457
UIN: 27016
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-01-28
Asking Member ID: 5302
Asking Member display name: Noah Law
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Noah Law
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will direct NICE to undertake an assessment of the potential merits of the use of hydrotherapy treatments in the NHS.
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Date answered: 2025-02-03
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4444
Answering Member display name: Karin Smyth
Answering Member handle: karinsmyth
Answering Member Twitter reference: @karinsmyth
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Answer text: I have no plans to direct the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to assess hydrotherapy treatments, and it would not be appropriate for ministers to circumvent the NICE’s established process for prioritising topics for guidance devel...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true