Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 73194

Chiropractic

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of utilising chiropractors to reduce NHS waiting lists.

Answer

Karin Smyth
As set out in the Plan for Change, we have committed to return to the NHS constitutional standard that 92% of patients, including those waiting for musculoskeletal treatment, wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment by March 2029.The Electi...
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