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10 October 2018 · United Kingdom · UK Parliament
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 June 2016
A Bill to make provision in relation to the procedure to be followed by local authorities when varying the charges to be paid in connection with the use of certain parking places.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2015
That this House notes the public consultation currently being carried out by NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) on provision of homeopathic services in Liverpool; expresses concern that this consultation is being undertaken following reported threats of legal action; welcomes the result of the survey carried out at the CCG stakeholders meeting on 4 December 2015 which showed that 90 per cent of stakeholders wanted to either maintain the service at its current levels of funding or remove the cap with no maximum level; acknowledges that doctors often refer patients for homeopathy as a last, not first resort, when conventional treatments have failed to help or where patients have contraindications from pharmaceutical drugs; further notes that patient surveys and MYMOP scores (Measure Yourself Medical Outcome Profile) have showed positive responses; believes that individual doctors should be able to use their professional judgement to decide what treatments are appropriate for their patients; and urges NHS Liverpool CCG to listen to local patients, doctors and other stakeholders and maintain homeopathic services for patients in Liverpool.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 December 2000
That this House welcomes the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology's report on complementary and alternative medicine; notes the widespread and increasing use of complementary and alternative medicine in the UK; supports improved regulatory structures and the development of single voluntary regulatory bodies for complementary and alternative medicine professions; encourages conventional healthcare professions to develop clear guidelines on competence and training in complementary and alternative medicine disciplines; welcomes the recommendation that the NHS Research and Development Directorate and the Medical Research Council should allocate research funding to develop centres of excellence for conducting complementary and alternative medicine research; supports the provision of better information for the public on what works and what is safe; and urges complementary and alternative medicine practitioners, GPs and other health care professions to exchange information and work together to provide an integrated system of healthcare which puts patients' needs first.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 June 2000
That this House notes that public demand for complementary and alternative medicine is increasing rapidly, that 75 per cent. of the public support access to complementary medicine through the NHS, that currently 20 per cent. of the UK population use complementary medicines, that there are now around 49,000 complementary medicine practitioners in the UK and that an estimated ú1.6 billion is spent annually on complementary medicine in the UK; welcomes the initiative of the Department of Health, the NHS Alliance, the National Association of Primary Care and the Foundation for Integrated Medicine to produce a new information pack on complementary and alternative medicine for general practitioners, primary care groups and primary care trusts; observes that this pack is designed to inform clinicians and managers, and act as a resource for making sensible and locally sensitive decisions about commissioning the six complementary therapies which are most often provided acupuncture, osteopathy, chiropractic, herbal medicine, hypnotherapy and homoeopathy; and welcomes that exhibition in the Upper Waiting Hall mounted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Alternative and Complementary Medicine in the week commencing 19th June providing information on all aspects of complementary medicine and its role in an integrated system of healthcare in the UK.