Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 27016

Hydrotherapy

Tabled: 28 January 2025

Answered: 3 February 2025

Named Day

Question

Noah Law

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.

Answer

Karin Smyth

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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