Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to ensure that the Neighbourhood Health Service integrates community chiropractors with existing musculoskeletal expertise elsewhere in the healthcare system.

The Neighbourhood Health Service will embody our new preventative principle that care should happen as locally as it can, digitally by default, in a patient’s home if possible, in a neighbourhood health centre when needed, and only in a hospital if necessary.

We expect neighbourhood teams and services to be designed in a way that reflects the specific needs of local populations, and this could include community chiropractors. Integrated care boards can make independent decisions on which health professionals they employ, and they may commission a limited amount of chiropractic services.