Oral Answers to Questions

David Tredinnick Excerpts

Tuesday 27th November 2018 Commons Chamber

[Matt Hancock]

I am afraid that I will have to let my right hon. Friend know that we are leaving the European Union on 29 March.

[David Tredinnick (Bosworth) (Con)]

16. Whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of integrated traditional and western medicinal healthcare services in (a) the People’s Republic of China, (b) France and (c) India for the forthcoming NHS 10-year plan.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Steve Brine)]

The NHS long-term plan, backed by the extra investment by 2023 and confirmed by the Chancellor in the Budget, will set out a sustainable vision for the NHS to make strides towards it being the safest, highest-quality healthcare system anywhere in the world, learning from everywhere and anywhere in the world over the next 10 years.

[David Tredinnick]

According to the flyer for the post-launch party, the integrated care systems will be considered. Will the Minister make sure that he looks at the use of homeopathy by French pharmacists, the three quarters of a million doctors using traditional healthcare in the Ayush Ministry in India and the 55,000 state hospitals using acupuncture in the People’s Republic of China?

[Steve Brine]

The NHS should always look to learn from the best healthcare systems and practices anywhere in the world provided they are backed by evidence.