Your Health
Extract from Woman & Home (May 2008)
Alternative Treatments… On the NHS
By Dr Rosemary Leonard
The recent announcement that several health authorities were no longer funding homeopathic remedies surprised many people - because they didn’t know they were available in the first place! Many patients believe they can only get traditional treatments on the NHS, but in many areas a choice of alternative therapies is available. These treatments include acupuncture, osteopathy, Alexander technique and even hypnotherapy.
Provision varies widely in different areas, and depends on individual primary care trusts. You can find out about the services in your area from the NHS Directory of Complementary and Alternative Practitioners (see www.nhsdirectory.org), or from a Patient Advice and Liaison co-ordinator (PAL) at your local primary care trust. Your surgery will have the contact details.
N.B. In Bedfordshire, your G.P. can prescribe C.A.M.
