Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 7607

Complementary Medicine

Tabled: 7 October 2024
Answered: 11 October 2024

Question

Lisa Smart

Liberal DemocratHazel Grove

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing Government oversight of self-regulating acupuncture bodies.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Government has no plans to introduce statutory regulation for acupuncture practitioners in the United Kingdom, and we have no plans to make such assessments. The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) operates an accredited ...

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