Chiropractic
Commons · Question 73194 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
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
Answered by Karin Smyth, 8 Sep 2025
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...