Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 7606

Complementary Medicine: Regulation

Tabled: 7 October 2024

Answered: 11 October 2024

Question

Lisa Smart

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of mandating that acupuncture providers disclose potential (a) risks, (b) side effects and (c) outcomes before treatments.

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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