Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of how complementary therapies can help to tackle (a) increased levels of stress, (b) anxiety, (c) mental health issues and (d) symptoms associated with long covid.

We have made no assessment.

It is the responsibility of local National Health Service organisations to make decisions on the commissioning and funding of any NHS healthcare treatments, taking account of safety, clinical and cost effectiveness and the availability of suitability qualified and regulated practitioners.