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Medical Treatments

Question for Department of Health

UIN 201587, tabled on 19 June 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure that non-pharmacological treatments are subject to the same level of scrutiny as medicinal treatments.

Answered on

26 June 2014

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) produces evidence-based guidance and advice for health, public health and social care practitioners on both pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments. All work undertaken by NICE is subject to the same high level of scrutiny consideration.