FOI Research On Acupuncture

COMMUNICATIONS LOG
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NHS Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven CCG
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NHS Stafford and Surrounds CCG
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NHS Surrey Downs CCG
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NHS Sutton CCG
NHS Swale CCG
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NHS Thurrock CCG
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NHS Trafford CCG
NHS Vale of York CCG
NHS Vale Royal CCG
NHS Wakefield CCG
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NHS Warwickshire North CCG
NHS West Cheshire CCG
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NHS West Kent CCG
NHS West Lancashire CCG
NHS West Leicestershire CCG
NHS West London (K&C & QPP) CCG
NHS West Norfolk CCG
NHS West Suffolk CCG
NHS Wigan Borough CCG
NHS Wiltshire CCG
NHS Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead CCG
NHS Wirral CCG
NHS Wokingham CCG
NHS Wolverhampton CCG
NHS Wyre Forest CCG
FOI email address
Date of
acupuncture FOI
request
foi@wsybcsu.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
avccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
FOI-BarkingAndDagenhamCCG@nelcsu.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
FOI@BarnetCCG.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
barnccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
bbccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
BASCCG.FOIRequests@nhs.net 4/11/2014
BSCCG.information@nhs.net 4/11/2014
BCCGfoi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
foi@bexley.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
foi.bhamcrosscity@nhs.net 4/11/2014
BSCCCG.FOI@nhs.net 4/11/2014
Foi.blackburnwithdarwenccg@lancashirecsu.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
foi.blackpoolccg@lancashirecsu.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
foi.gmcsu@nhs.net 4/11/2014
BACCG.FOI@NHS.NET 4/11/2014
ccgfoi@nwlcsu.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
BHCCG.FOI@nhs.net 4/11/2014
contactus@bristolccg.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
margaret.benbow@nhs.net 4/11/2014
foi.calderdale@calderdaleccg.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
foi@cambridgeshireandpeterboroughccg.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
FOI@CamdenCCG.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
FOI@lancashirecsu.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
cprccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
foi.gmscu@nhs.net 4/11/2014
chilternccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
foi.chorleysouthribbleccg@lancashirecsu.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
FOI@CityAndHackneyCCG.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
southcsu.wsxfoi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
foienquiry.mknorthants@gemcsu.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
foi@ardencsu.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
foi@cumbriaccg.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
DARCCG.FOI@nhs.net 4/11/2014
dgsccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
foi@doncasterccg.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
foi-requests@dorsetccg.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
dudccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
DESCCG.FOI@nhs.net 4/11/2014
john.paton@enhertsccg.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
Foi.fyldeandwyreccg@lancashirecsu.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
enquiries@eastleicestershireandrutlandccg.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
eryccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
foi.esccg@northstaffs.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
SSCSU.eastsurreyccg-foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
foirequests.nhseasterncheshireccg@nhs.net 4/11/2014
FOI@EnfieldCCG.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
ECCG.FOIRequest@nhs.net 4/11/2014
FGCCG.FOI@nhs.net 4/11/2014
Foi.fyldeandwyreccg@lancashirecsu.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
gccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
GLCCG.FOI@nhs.net 4/11/2014
GYWCCG.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
foi.ghccg@greaterhuddersfieldccg.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
foi.greaterprestonccg@lancashirecsu.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
gwccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
haltonccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
hrwccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
foi@derbyshirecountypct.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
FOI@HaringeyCCG.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
hrdccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
hstccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
FOI-HaveringCCG@nelcsu.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
StokeFOI@staffordshirecss.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
hvccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
foi@hmr.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
hullccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
foi@suffolkpct.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
freedomofinformation@iow.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
FOI@IslingtonCCG.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
kccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
Knowsleyccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
Margaret.benbow@nhs.net 4/11/2014
Foi.lancashirenorthccg@lancashirecsu.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
foi@wycss.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
LCCCGFOI@leicestercityccg.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
freedom.ofinformation@lpct.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
4/11/2014
freedom.ofinformation@lpct.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
4/11/2014
foi@liverpoolccg.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
LCCGfoi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
FOI.Requests2@nottspct.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
medway.ccg@nhs.net 4/11/2014
meccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
FOI.Requests2@nottspct.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
NDCCG.FOI@nhs.net 4/11/2014
NNECCG.FOI@nhs.net 4/11/2014
NWCCG.FOI@nhs.net 4/11/2014
FOI@NewhamCCG.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
RCCG.FOI@nhs.net 4/11/2014
FOIrequest@northderbyshireccg.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
NDUCCG.FOI@nhs.net 4/11/2014
neeccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
FOI@hampshire.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
nelccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
nhccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
nlccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
NNCCG.FOI@nhs.net 4/11/2014
FOI@northsomersetccg.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
NTCCG.FOI@nhs.net 4/11/2014
foi@nwsurreyccg.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
d-ccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
NORCCG.FOI@nhs.net 4/11/2014
Norwich.ccg@nhs.net 4/11/2014
freedom.ofinformation@nottinghamcity-pct.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
foi.requests2@nottspct.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
foi@oxfordshireccg.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
foi@hampshire.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
FOI-RedbridgeCCG@nelcsu.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
slcsu.ifrswlondon@nhs.net 4/11/2014
FOI@rotherham.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
swbccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
srccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
tracy.eggby-jones@shropshireccg.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
SLOCCG.SLOUGHFOI@NHS.NET 4/11/2014
solccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
freedomofinformation@somerset.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
foirequests.nhssouthcheshireccg@nhs.net 4/11/2014
foi.sdtccg@nhs.net 4/11/2014
SEHCCG.FOI@nhs.net 4/11/2014
foi@sglos-pct.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
foi@lpct.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
talkinghealth@manchester.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
pals@norfolk.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
SRCCG.FOI@nhs.net 4/11/2014
southseftonccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
stccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
stynccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
foi@lpct.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
FOI@scpct.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
SouthendCCG.FOI@nhs.net 4/11/2014
FOIRequest@southernderbyshireccg.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
southportandformbyccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
sthelensccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
staffordccg.feedback@northstaffs.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
STOCCG.FOI@nhs.net 4/11/2014
sunccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
foi@surreydownsccg.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
FOI@hampshire.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
Margaret.benbow@nhs.net 4/11/2014
swccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
freedomofinformation@swindonccg.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
freedom-of-information@tamesideandglossop.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
rebecca.pugh@staffordshirecss.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
thurrockccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
Freedom@onel.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
foipct@trafford.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
voyccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
foirequests.nhsvaleroyalccg@nhs.net 4/11/2014
foi@walsall.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
FOI@WalthamForestCCG.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
ppi@wandsworthccg.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
Foirequests.nhswarringtonccg@nhs.net 4/11/2014
Foirequests.nhswestcheshireccg@nhs.net 4/11/2014
weccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
FOI@westhampshireccg.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
foi.westlancashireccg@lancashirecsu.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
FOI@westleicestershireccg.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
WESTNORFOLKCCG.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
foi@suffolk.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
foi@alwpct.nhs.uk 4/11/2014
FoI.WiltsCCG@nhs.net 4/11/2014
wamccg.FOI@nhs.net 4/11/2014
foirequests.nhswirralccg@nhs.net 4/11/2014
WOCCG.FOI@nhs.net 4/11/2014
wolccg.foi@nhs.net 4/11/2014
Date of
acknowledge
Date of response
Date of first
follow-up email
Date of
response to
the follow-up
4/14/2014 5/6/2014 5/8/2014
4/14/2014 5/14/2014 5/27/2014 5/28/2014
4/14/2014 4/15/2014 5/27/2014 5/28/2014
4/15/2014
4/15/2014 4/15/2014 5/13/2014 5/14/2014
4/15/2014 5/14/2014 5/14/2014 5/14/2014
4/11/2014 5/8/2014 5/8/2014 5/14/2014
4/14/2014 4/28/2014
4/14/2014 4/25/2014
4/14/2014 4/28/2014 5/27/2014 5/29/2014
4/14/2014 4/30/2014 4/30/2014 5/1/2014
4/14/2014 5/15/2014
4/14/2014 4/29/2014 4/30/2014 5/2/2014
4/14/2014 4/25/2014 5/27/2014 5/28/2014
4/14/2014 4/28/2014 4/28/2014 4/28/2014
4/14/2014 5/1/2014 5/27/2014 5/30/2014
4/14/2014 4/16/2014 5/27/2014
4/14/2014 4/16/2014 5/27/2014
4/11/2014 4/15/2014
4/11/2014 4/14/2014 4/15/2014 5/6/2014
4/15/2014 5/7/2014 5/8/2014 6/3/2014
4/11/2014 4/28/2014 5/27/2014 5/28/2014
4/14/2014 5/13/2014 5/27/2014 5/30/2014
4/14/2014 4/16/2014 5/27/2014
4/17/2014 5/2/2014 5/27/2014 5/28/2014
4/16/2014 5/13/2014
4/11/2014 5/1/2014 5/27/2014
4/14/2014 5/14/2014 5/27/2014 5/28/2014
4/11/2014 5/8/2014 5/8/2014 5/27/2014
4/11/2014 4/15/2014
4/14/2014 4/28/2014 5/27/2014 5/30/2014
4/14/2014 4/30/2014
4/14/2014 4/24/2014 5/27/2014 5/28/2014
4/17/2014 5/12/2014
5/1/2014 None 5/27/2014 5/29/2014
- 5/8/2014 5/8/2014 5/29/2014
4/16/2014
(Previous response,
07/05/2014,
14/05/2014)
5/1/2014 None 5/27/2014 5/29/2014
4/11/2014 4/29/2014
4/14/2014 5/1/2014 5/27/2014
4/14/2014 4/23/2014
4/14/2014 None 5/27/2014 5/28/2014
4/14/2014 4/22/2014
4/14/2014 4/24/2014
4/14/2014 5/13/2014
4/11/2014 4/23/2014 5/27/2014
4/11/2014 4/15/2014
4/17/2014 4/25/2014 5/27/2014
4/14/2014 4/28/2014
4/14/2014 5/7/2014 5/8/2014 5/13/2014
4/14/2014 4/24/2014 5/27/2014
4/11/2014 4/28/2014
4/11/2014 4/25/2014
4/14/2014 5/14/2014
4/14/2014 4/25/2014
4/15/2014 5/14/2014
4/11/2014 4/14/2014
4/14/2014 5/5/2014 5/8/2014 5/13/2014
4/14/2014 4/28/2014 4/28/2014
4/14/2014 5/2/2014 5/27/2014
4/14/2014 5/7/2014
5/1/2014 5/28/2014
5/2/2014 5/29/2014
4/14/2014 4/24/2014 5/27/2014 5/28/2014
4/11/2014 5/12/2014
5/2/2014 5/29/2014
4/14/2014 5/6/2014 5/8/2014
4/11/2014 5/7/2014
4/11/2014 4/15/2014
4/11/2014 4/14/2014
4/16/2014 5/15/2014
4/11/2014 5/6/2014 5/27/2014
4/11/2014 4/15/2014
4/14/2014 4/16/2014
4/14/2014 5/14/2014 5/27/2014
4/15/2014 5/13/2014
4/11/2014 5/20/2014 5/20/2014
4/11/2014 4/28/2014 5/27/2014 6/2/2014
4/14/2014 5/13/2014 5/27/2014 5/30/2014
4/14/2014 5/14/2014 5/27/2014
4/11/2014 4/15/2014
5/1/2014 None 5/27/2014 5/29/2014
4/11/2014 4/15/2014
4/14/2014 5/2/2014 5/27/2014
4/14/2014 5/7/2014 5/8/2014 5/8/2014
4/11/2014 4/22/2014 5/27/2014 5/28/2014
4/17/2014 5/12/2014
4/14/2014 5/8/2014 5/8/2014 5/20/2014
4/11/2014 4/22/2014
4/15/2014 5/1/2014 5/2/2014 5/22/2014
4/11/2014 5/12/2014
4/14/2014 4/22/2014
4/14/2014 4/23/2014 4/28/2014 4/30/2014
4/14/2014 4/23/2014 4/28/2014 4/30/2014
4/14/2014 4/23/2014 4/28/2014 4/30/2014
4/11/2014 4/25/2014 5/27/2014
4/11/2014 4/14/2014
4/11/2014 4/14/2014
4/11/2014 4/14/2014
4/11/2014 4/14/2014
4/14/2014 5/29/2014
4/11/2014 4/29/2014
4/14/2014 4/29/2014 5/27/2014
4/14/2014 5/6/2014 5/28/2014
4/11/2014 5/12/2014
4/11/2014 4/30/2014 5/27/2014
- 5/8/2014 5/8/2014 5/29/2014
- 5/8/2014 5/8/2014 5/29/2014
4/14/2014 4/29/2014 5/27/2014
4/14/2014 5/2/2014 5/27/2014 6/2/2014
4/14/2014 5/2/2014 5/27/2014 6/2/2014
4/17/2014 5/12/2014
4/14/2014 5/9/2014
4/11/2014 4/14/2014 5/27/2014
4/15/2014 5/6/2014 5/27/2014 5/29/2014
4/11/2014 4/30/2014 5/27/2014
4/14/2014 5/2/2014 5/27/2014
4/11/2014 4/22/2014 5/27/2014 5/29/2014
4/14/2014 4/16/2014 5/27/2014
4/14/2014 5/7/2014 5/8/2014 5/23/2014
4/14/2014 4/16/2014 5/27/2014 5/30/2014
5/1/2014 5/19/2014 5/19/2014 5/21/2014
4/11/2014 5/6/2014 5/8/2014 5/15/2014
4/11/2014 4/15/2014 4/15/2014 5/2/2014
4/15/2014 5/6/2014 5/27/2014 5/29/2014
4/11/2014 4/16/2014
4/11/2014 4/28/2014 4/28/2014 5/8/2014
4/15/2014 5/6/2014 5/27/2014 5/29/2014
4/15/2014 5/8/2014 5/8/2014
4/11/2014 5/1/2014 5/27/2014 5/29/2014
4/14/2014 4/29/2014 5/27/2014
4/14/2014 4/29/2014 5/27/2014
4/14/2014 5/21/2014 5/27/2014
4/14/2014 4/16/2014 5/27/2014 5/29/2014
(Previous response)
4/15/2014 5/13/2014
4/16/2014 (Previous response,
07/05/2014)
4/11/2014 5/13/2014 5/13/2014
4/14/2014 5/19/2014 5/19/2014 6/2/2014
4/14/2014 4/29/2014 5/27/2014
4/14/2014 5/13/2014 5/27/2014 5/30/2014
4/14/2014 4/29/2014
4/14/2014 5/7/2014 5/27/2014
4/11/2014 5/2/2014 5/27/2014 6/2/2014
4/14/2014 5/5/2014 5/8/2014 5/12/2014
4/11/2014 4/15/2014 4/15/2014 4/17/2014
4/14/2014 5/7/2014 5/27/2014
4/11/2014 4/15/2014 4/15/2014 4/16/2014
4/11/2014
4/28/2014 5/27/2014 5/29/2014
4/14/2014 5/5/2014 5/27/2014
4/11/2014 4/30/2014 5/27/2014 6/2/2014
4/14/2014 5/14/2014 5/27/2014 5/28/2014
4/11/2014
4/14/2014 5/8/2014 5/27/2014 6/3/2014
4/14/2014 5/9/2014
4/16/2014 5/9/2014 5/9/2014
4/14/2014 4/16/2014
4/11/2014 4/30/2014
4/16/2014
6/7/2014
08/05/2014 and
response to
previous FOI 5/9/2014
4/11/2014
07/05/2014)
4/11/2014 5/8/2014 5/8/2014 5/27/2014
4/11/2014 4/14/2014
4/14/2014 5/9/2014 5/9/2014
4/11/2014 5/14/2014 5/14/2014 5/16/2014
4/15/2014 5/13/2014 5/13/2014
4/11/2014 5/2/2014 5/27/2014
4/14/2014 5/14/2014 5/27/2014 5/28/2014
4/11/2014 4/24/2014 5/27/2014
4/11/2014 4/15/2014 5/27/2014 6/4/2014
5/1/2014 5/20/2014
4/11/2014 4/29/2014 4/30/2014
4/14/2014 4/28/2014 5/27/2014 5/28/2014
4/14/2014 4/17/2014 5/27/2014 6/2/2014
5/6/2014 5/8/2014 5/27/2014
4/11/2014 4/16/2014 4/16/2014 5/21/2014
4/14/2014 5/14/2014 5/27/2014 5/28/2014
4/11/2014 5/8/2014 5/8/2014 5/14/2014
4/15/2014 4/22/2014
4/11/2014 5/9/2014 5/27/2014
4/14/2014 5/7/2014 5/9/2014
4/14/2014 4/24/2014 5/27/2014
4/14/2014 4/23/2014 5/27/2014 6/2/2014
4/17/2014 5/12/2014
4/11/2014 5/13/2014
4/14/2014 4/29/2014 4/30/2014
4/16/2014
Previous response,
07/05/2014,
14/05/2014
4/14/2014 4/30/2014 5/3/2014
5/12/2014 5/27/2014 6/3/2014
4/14/2014 5/2/2014 5/27/2014 6/2/2014
4/14/2014 5/14/2014 5/27/2014 5/28/2014
4/14/2014 4/16/2014 4/16/2014 5/28/2014
4/11/2014
4/11/2014 4/15/2014
03/06/2014)
4/14/2014 5/7/2014 5/8/2014 5/8/2014
4/14/2014 4/28/2014 5/27/2014 5/30/2014
4/14/2014 5/7/2014
4/14/2014 5/7/2014 5/8/2014
4/14/2014 5/9/2014
4/14/2014 5/12/2014 5/27/2014 5/29/2014
4/16/2014
Previous response,
07/05/2014
Date of second
follow-up email
Date of
response to
the second
follow-up
5/27/2014
5/27/2014 6/3/2014
5/27/2014 5/28/2014
5/30/2014
5/30/2014
5/30/2014
5/27/2014
5/27/2014 6/3/2014
5/27/2014
5/28/2014
5/27/2014
5/30/2014
FOI RESULTS
CCG name
NHS Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven CCG
NHS Ashford CCG
NHS Aylesbury Vale CCG
NHS Barking & Dagenham CCG
NHS Barnet CCG
NHS Barnsley CCG
NHS Basildon and Brentwood CCG
NHS Bassetlaw CCG
NHS Bath and North East Somerset CCG
NHS Bedfordshire CCG
NHS Bexley CCG
NHS Birmingham CrossCity CCG
NHS Birmingham South and Central CCG
NHS Blackburn with Darwen CCG
NHS Blackpool CCG
NHS Bolton CCG
NHS Bracknell and Ascot CCG
NHS Bradford City CCG
NHS Bradford Districts CCG
NHS Brent CCG
NHS Brighton & Hove CCG
NHS Bristol CCG
NHS Bromley CCG
NHS Bury CCG
NHS Calderdale CCG
NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG
NHS Camden CCG
NHS Cannock Chase CCG
NHS Canterbury and Coastal CCG
NHS Castle Point, Rayleigh and Rochford CCG
NHS Central London (Westminster) CCG
NHS Central Manchester CCG
NHS Chiltern CCG
NHS Chorley and South Ribble CCG
NHS City and Hackney CCG
NHS Coastal West Sussex CCG
NHS Corby CCG
NHS Coventry and Rugby CCG
NHS Crawley CCG
NHS Croydon CCG
NHS Cumbria CCG
NHS Darlington CCG
NHS Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley CCG
NHS Doncaster CCG
NHS Dorset CCG
NHS Dudley CCG
NHS Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield CCG
NHS Ealing CCG
NHS East and North Hertfordshire CCG
NHS East Lancashire CCG
NHS East Leicestershire and Rutland CCG
NHS East Riding of Yorkshire CCG
NHS East Staffordshire CCG
NHS East Surrey CCG
NHS Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford CCG
NHS Eastern Cheshire CCG
NHS Enfield CCG
NHS Erewash CCG
NHS Fareham and Gosport CCG
NHS Fylde & Wyre CCG
NHS Gateshead CCG
NHS Gloucestershire CCG
NHS Great Yarmouth & Waveney CCG
NHS Greater Huddersfield CCG
NHS Greater Preston CCG
NHS Greenwich CCG
NHS Guildford and Waverley CCG
NHS Halton CCG
NHS Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby CCG
NHS Hammersmith and Fulham CCG
NHS Hardwick CCG
NHS Haringey CCG
NHS Harrogate and Rural District CCG
NHS Harrow CCG
NHS Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees CCG
NHS Hastings & Rother CCG
NHS Havering CCG
NHS Herefordshire CCG
NHS Herts Valleys CCG
NHS Heywood, Middleton & Rochdale CCG
NHS High Weald Lewes Havens CCG
NHS Hillingdon CCG
NHS Horsham and Mid Sussex CCG
NHS Hounslow CCG
NHS Hull CCG
NHS Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG
NHS Isle of Wight CCG
NHS Islington CCG
NHS Kernow CCG
NHS Kingston CCG
NHS Knowsley CCG
NHS Lambeth CCG
NHS Lancashire North CCG
NHS Leeds North CCG
NHS Leeds South and East CCG
NHS Leeds West CCG
NHS Leicester City CCG
NHS Lewisham CCG
NHS Lincolnshire East CCG
NHS Lincolnshire South CCG
NHS Lincolnshire South West CCG
NHS Liverpool CCG
NHS Luton CCG
NHS Mansfield & Ashfield CCG
NHS Medway CCG
NHS Merton CCG
NHS Mid Essex CCG
NHS Milton Keynes CCG
NHS Nene CCG
NHS Newark & Sherwood CCG
NHS Newbury and District CCG
NHS Newcastle North and East CCG
NHS Newcastle West CCG
NHS Newham CCG
NHS North & West Reading CCG
NHS North Derbyshire CCG
NHS North Durham CCG
NHS North East Essex CCG
NHS North East Hampshire and Farnham CCG
NHS North East Lincolnshire CCG
NHS North Hampshire CCG
NHS North Kirklees CCG
NHS North Lincolnshire CCG
NHS North Manchester CCG
NHS North Norfolk CCG
NHS North Somerset CCG
NHS North Staffordshire CCG
NHS North Tyneside CCG
NHS North West Surrey CCG
NHS Northern, Eastern, Western Devon CCG
NHS Northumberland CCG
NHS Norwich CCG
NHS Nottingham City CCG
NHS Nottingham North & East CCG
NHS Nottingham West CCG
NHS Oldham CCG
NHS Oxfordshire CCG
NHS Portsmouth CCG
NHS Redbridge CCG
NHS Redditch and Bromsgrove CCG
NHS Richmond CCG
NHS Rotherham CCG
NHS Rushcliffe CCG
NHS Salford CCG
NHS Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG
NHS Scarborough and Ryedale CCG
NHS Sheffield CCG
NHS Shropshire CCG
NHS Slough CCG
NHS Solihull CCG
NHS Somerset CCG
NHS South Cheshire CCG
NHS South Devon and Torbay CCG
NHS South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula
CCG
NHS South Eastern Hampshire CCG
NHS South Gloucestershire CCG
NHS South Kent Coast CCG
NHS South Lincolnshire CCG
NHS South Manchester CCG
NHS South Norfolk CCG
NHS South Reading CCG
NHS South Sefton CCG
NHS South Tees CCG
NHS South Tyneside CCG
NHS South Warwickshire CCG
NHS South West Lincolnshire CCG
NHS South Worcestershire CCG
NHS Southampton CCG
NHS Southend CCG
NHS Southern Derbyshire CCG
NHS Southport and Formby CCG
NHS Southwark CCG
NHS St Helens CCG
NHS Stafford and Surrounds CCG
NHS Stockport CCG
NHS Stoke on Trent CCG
NHS Sunderland CCG
NHS Surrey Downs CCG
NHS Surrey Heath CCG
NHS Sutton CCG
NHS Swale CCG
NHS Swindon CCG
NHS Tameside and Glossop CCG
NHS Telford & Wrekin CCG
NHS Thanet CCG
NHS Thurrock CCG
NHS Tower Hamlets CCG
NHS Trafford CCG
NHS Vale of York CCG
NHS Vale Royal CCG
NHS Wakefield CCG
NHS Walsall CCG
NHS Waltham Forest CCG
NHS Wandsworth CCG
NHS Warrington CCG
NHS Warwickshire North CCG
NHS West Cheshire CCG
NHS West Essex CCG
NHS West Hampshire CCG
NHS West Kent CCG
NHS West Lancashire CCG
NHS West Leicestershire CCG
NHS West London (K&C & QPP) CCG
NHS West Norfolk CCG
NHS West Suffolk CCG
NHS Wigan Borough CCG
NHS Wiltshire CCG
NHS Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead CCG
NHS Wirral CCG
NHS Wokingham CCG
NHS Wolverhampton CCG
NHS Wyre Forest CCG
TOTAL
Is Acupuncture
offered in any way
(commission or IFR):
2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes 85,097 200,723 172,214
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A 346,993 333,886
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No 0 0 0
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
No 0 0 0
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No 0 0 0
No N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes 8,085 4,389 4,158
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No 0 0 0
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes 938 0 1,170
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes 141,450 174,051 157,776
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes 18,500 8,000 12,000
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No 0 0 0
No 0 0 0
No 0 0 0
No 0 0 0
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No 0 0 0
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes (until September 2013) N/A N/A 145,614
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes 61,235 69,373 87,850
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes 360,120 394,400 450,848
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No 0 0 0
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes 672,256 266,031 323,843
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A 23,600 22,472
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
No 0 0 0
No 0 0 0
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
No 0 0 0
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Requested again
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes 273.728,00 26.318,00 5.414,00
No 0 0 0
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No 0 0 0
Requested again
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Requested again
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes 83,755 84,508 100,554
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Requested again
Yes N/A N/A N/A
No N/A N/A N/A
Yes N/A N/A N/A
2013/2014 Conditions
N/A Pain management
0 N/A
0
N/A N/A
28,890
"Non-surgical management of joint pain as part of pathway
which may lead to joint replacement;
In non-acute lumbar pain not warranting surgical referral;
In chronic pain conditions (and only when therapy is
accompanied by continued symptomatic improvement i.e. not
maintenance);
Migraine headache;
Nausea of pregnancy;
Postoperative and chemotherapy-induced nausea and
vomiting;
Postoperative dental pain;
Temporomandibular disorders (TMD);
Sub-acute and chronic low back pain of more than six weeks
duration"
N/A Pain management
N/A Requested again
185,913.46 Low back pain
0 N/A
N/A
0 Dental pain, nausea and vomiting and back pain.
N/A N/A
N/A
0 N/A
0 None
0
N/A Pain management
N/A Pain management
80,189 Chronic low back pain; chronic tension type headaches
N/A Chronic low back pain
130,000
0
0 Low back pain
N/A Pain management
N/A Pain management
42,387
Non-surgical management of joint pain as part of pathway
maintenance);
Migraine headache;
vomiting;
duration
0 None
0 N/A
N/A Pain management
- Chronic low back pain; chronic tension type headaches
0 N/A
0 Non-specific Low Back Pain
0 N/A
0 N/A
N/A
16,848 Pain management
856 Pain management; physiotherapy
N/A
122 (first six months) Non-specific Low Back Pain
N/A Pain management
0
0
402,000 N/A
0 None
N/A N/A
30,788
N/A Pain management
N/A
N/A Pain management
N/A Pain management
0 None
0
0 None
0 None
23,791
maintenance);
Migraine headache;
vomiting;
duration"
0 None
0 None
0 None
0 N/A
N/A Pain management
0 N/A
0 Dental pain; nausea and vomiting; low back pain
N/A
N/A
3,388
Partially disclosed Chronic low back pain; chronic tension type headaches
0 None
135,499
maintenance);
Migraine headache;
vomiting;
duration"
0
Pain in joint shoulder region, cervicalvia-cervical, Low back
pain; neuralgia and nauritis; unspecified-other
0 N/A
N/A N/A
Requested again Pain management
0
0 Low back pain
0 N/A
N/A
120,328 Pain management and musculoskeletal services
N/A Musculoskeletal conditions
12,000 N/A
217,638
Non-surgical management of joint pain as part of pathway
maintenance);
Migraine headache;
vomiting;
duration
N/A None
1,824
640 Musculoskeletal conditions; Low back pain
N/A N/A
0 N/A
0 N/A
200 Migraine
29,580 MSK related pain, migraine and headaches
0 None
0 None
0 None
0 None
5,000
0 None
74,490 Non-specific Low Back Pain of up to one year duration
N/A Headache
10,458 N/A
112,976 Headache; neck pain; back pain (NICE guidance)
19,000 Knee osteoarthritis; chronic lower back pain
0 None
0 None
N/A N/A
0
N/A
0
N/A Pain management
39,579 Pain management services within primary care
0 Physiotherapy
0 None
17.698
0
N/A Pain management
N/A Pain management; physiotherapy
N/A
0
0
N/A Pain management
0
N/A Pain management
504,830
All MSK pain conditions; headache; abdominal pain; pelvic pain
and fibromyalgia.
N/A Low back pain
0
0
N/A N/A
67,037
Musculoskeletal pain; anaesthetics; pain management; general
medicine; physiotherapy
N/A Pain management
0
N/A N/A
102,003
Chronic and acute pain; cancer patients with menopausal
flushes.
N/A Pain management
21,000 Low-back pain; headache; migraine
N/A N/A
0 None
0
0 N/A
0 None
99.100 (up to February
2014, latest available
data)
Pain management
N/A N/A
0 None
0
0
626 Pain management
0
3,280
Pain management; general medicine; physiotherapy;
musculoskeletal pain
0 None
7,185
N/A Pain management
0 None
0 None
N/A Low back pain
0
0
21.402 (first six
months)
Low back pain
N/A
76,971 Minor pain procedures
N/A N/A
N/A
0 N/A
231,111
Pain management; causalgia; arthrosis; cervicalgia; dorsalgia;
fibromyalgia; headache; interstitial cystitits (chronic); lateral
epicondylitis-upper arm; low pack pain; lumbago with sciatica;
myalgia; neuralgia and neuritis; other specific conditions
associated with femenine genital organs and menstruation
cycle; other and unspecified abdominal pain; other chronic
pain; other shoulder lesions; other specified disorders of
muscle; other spondylosis; pain in joint; pain in limb; pain in
thoracic spine; pelvic and perineal pain; polyarthrosis;
polyneuropathy; radiculopathy; rheumatism; sacrococcygeal
disorders; sciatica; spinal stenosis; spondylolisthesis;
temporomandibular joint disorders; trigeminal neuralgia.
0 None
N/A Physiotherapy
0
0 N/A
243 N/A
2,156 Pain management; physiotherapy; low back pain
0 None
0
0
N/A N/A
0
See comments Pain management; low back pain.
Pain management, MSK CATS
0
0
0
5,750
3,018,205.16
Comments from the CCG
Acupuncture is sometimes offered as part of a pain management treatment pathway which also
includes physiotherapy. The CCG is unable to specify the price as it is included within
physiotherapy and/or pain management tariff prices.
NHS Ashford CCG does not routinely fund complimentary and alternative therapies. There were
not Individual Funding Requests on acupuncture during the financial year 2013-14.
There were not Individual Funding Requests on acupuncture during the financial year 2013-14.
As set out on the document Procedures of Limited Clinical Value (POLCV), acupuncture is not
routinely funded. Funding would only be considered if exceptional circumstances are
demonstrated through an Individual Funding Request (IFR). There may also be some activity
relating to historical referrals that predate the POLCV. There were no acupuncture requests
funded through the IFR route in 13/14. Please note however that the CCG does not hold the
expenditure specifically on acupuncture for 13/14 with The Royal London Hospital for Integrated
Medicine (RLHIM) which is part of University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The CCG sent only the expenditure with The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust: 28.890. The CCG
does not hold the expenditure specifically on acupuncture for 13/14 with The Royal London
Hospital for Integrated Medicine (RLHIM) which is part of University College London Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust. The Procedures of Limited Clinical Effectiveness (POLCE) describes
limited circumstances when acupuncture may be funded. Funding is only considered outside
these circumstances if exceptional circumstances are demonstrated through an Individual
Funding Request (IFR). There may also be some activity relating to historical referrals that
predate the POLCV.
Barnsley CCG does not hold information to an Acupuncture Code Level. This is subsumed with
Pain Management. The Total cost of Pain Management for 2013/14 was 553.000, however this
will include other procedures.
The CCG commission an acupuncture service as part of wider acute services. However, they
only commission provision in line with NICE Guidance. The CCG do not hold the total
expenditure over the last fiscal year because acupuncture is usually undertaken as part of their
Trauma and Orthopaedic outpatient tariff and they say they cannot identify acupuncture activity
versus non acupuncture activity. NHS Bassetlaw CCG currently commissions acupuncture treatment from Doncaster & Bassetlaw
Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (DBHFT) and Pain Management Solutions (PMS). The amounts
in the previous columns are the totals between both service providers. In the fiscal year 2010-
2011, the CCG paid 85.097 pounds to PMS for acupuncture. In the fiscal year 2011-2012, the
CCG paid 58.923 pounds to PMS and 141.800 to DBHFT. In the fiscal year 2012-2013, the CCG
paid 33.614 pounds to PMS and 138.600 to DBHFT. In the fiscal year 2013-2014, the CCG paid
39.931,73 pounds to PMS and 145.050 pounds to DBHFT.
Their policy on acupuncture can be found at the link below, under complimentary therapy and is
funded only on "Grounds of Exceptionality": http://www.banesccg.nhs.uk/ccg/individual-funding-
requests The CCG does not directly provide patient healthcare but commissions it from external providers.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is not normally commissioned, although there
are some circumstances in which certain forms of CAM, including acupuncture, would be
considered. Where the CCG commissions acupuncture at all, it is used alongside conventional
medicina, such as in physiotherapy sessions. Thus it is delivered via the much wider contracts
the CCG holds with its healthcare providers and the CCG does not therefore hold the detailed
information on costs. Bedfordshire CCG received two requests for acupuncture in the form of
Individual Funding Requests (IFR) during 2013/14: however, rather than these being processed
via the IFR route, in both instances the referring clinician was instead recommended to contact Acupuncture is not routinely commissioned by NHS Bexley CCG, but requests for acupuncture
can be made on an exceptional basis to the Individual Funding Requests panel, for cases of
dental pain, nausea and vomiting and back pain. There were not Individual Funding Requests on
acupuncture during the financial year 2013-2014.
There are some small elements of acupuncture provided by some of their providers to the CCG
in 1203/14 but as this treatment is not identified separately as a service, the CCG is unable to
identify the total funding for this or the types of medical problems that this may treat.
Birmingham South Central CCG does not commission acupuncture directly. Some
physiotherapists at Birmingham Community Health Care NHS Trust offer acupuncture for pain
relief.
NHS Blackburn with Darwen CCG does not commission acupuncture directly. The exception
might be an Individual Funding Request if it was part of a package of care. There were not
Individual Funding Requests regarding acupuncture during the financial year 2013-14.
NHS Bolton CCG does not directly commission acupuncture treatment as a standalone service.
There were no IFRs on acupuncture during the financial year 2013-2014.
Acupuncture is sometimes offered, by the provider, as part of a pain management treatment
pathway which also includes physiotherapy. The CCG is unable to specify the price as it is
included within physiotherapy and/or pain management tariff prices.
Acupuncture is sometimes offered, by the provider, as part of a pain management treatment
pathway which also includes physiotherapy. The CCG is unable to specify the price as it is
included within physiotherapy and/or pain management tariff prices.
The North West London CCGs (NWL CCGs) (Brent, Harrow, Hillingdon, Central London, West
London, Hammersmith & Fulham, Hounslow and Ealing CCGs) have a joint policy. The North
West London Commissioning Support Unit administers the process on their behalf. The total
expenditure across NWL CCGs for 2013/2014 was 80,189. The CCG does not normally fund this treatment. In exceptional circumstances, the CCG may
fund through the Individual Funding Request (IFR) process. Whilst there are many RCTs
evaluating the effectiveness of acupuncture, the majority are of poor quality, and provide
conflicting evidence. Acupuncture is only commissioned for chronic low back pain through the
commissioned back pain service as part of the a pain package of care. Brighton and Hove CCG
commissions a manual therapies service from Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS
Trust. Some of the clinicians within the service are competent to perform acupuncture. The
service is funded by a block payment and the CCG cannot identify the spend on specifically The CCG do not prescribe acupuncture, a patient is referred to a trust for pain management and
then acupuncture may be one of the procedures they receive. Whilst Bristol CCG does not
specifically buy acupuncture treatments, North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) do offer this as part of
the pain management specialty. The expenditure disclosed (130,000) covers from 1 April 2013
to February 2014. The reduction in spend in the last year is because the national tariff for that
area has reduced from 225 to 102.
Acupuncture treatment is included within the South East London Treatment Access Policy (TAP)
2013/2014. Funding for cases of dental pain, nausea and vomiting and back pain shall be
considered by the local Individual Funding Request (IFR) Panels. There was not any IFR on
acupuncture accepted during the last financial year, so there were not any service providers
neither. Acupuncture is not commissioned, but it is included as part of the back pain pathway in the NE
Sector Policy for Bury, Oldham and Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale CCGs. Bury had one
independent funding request, which was declined, so there was no service provider during the
financial year 2013-2014. Acupuncture is part of a pain pathway where the provider may decide that this is appropriate, the
CCG does not hold any information relating to patient conditions. Calderdale CCG cannot extract
any data that separates acupuncture from the rest of pain management interventions so the
CCG says it is unable to specify any costs in acupuncture. Acupuncture is commissioned within our Pain Management and Musculoskeletal Services
acupuncture can be used as part of the overall treatment practice. The use of acupuncture as a
sole treatment therapy is not commissioned. As this is part of a commissioned package it is not
possible to extract actual cost of acupuncture alone. The CCG policy is the same as the previous
PCT policy and funding cannot be defined.
The CCG holds the following information for 13/14 M11 year to date:
Expenditure with the Whittington Hospital NHS Trust: 41,730
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust: 657
The CCG does not hold the expenditure specifically on acupuncture for 13/14 with The Royal
London Hospital for Integrated Medicine (RLHIM) which is part of University College London
Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
NHS Cannock Chase CCG does not commission any acupuncture services.
NHS Canterbury and Coastal CCG does not routinely fund complimentary and alternative
therapies. There were not Individual Funding Requests on acupuncture during the financial year
2013-14. The CCG does not fund acupuncture as a standalone treatment, as per the service restriction
policy, it may be provided as part of an existing service. The CCG is unable to separate
acupuncture from the spend on the service it forms part of. The North West London CCGs (NWL CCGs) (Brent, Harrow, Hillingdon, Central London, West
expenditure across NWL CCGs for 2013/2014 was 80,189.
Acupuncture is not specifically commissioned by Chiltern CCG. Personal budgets are referenced
in the main contract with Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust and these can be used to purchase
acupuncture services.
NHS Chorley and South Ribble CCG does not commission acupuncture directly. The exception
might be an Individual Funding Request if it was part of a package of care. There were not
Individual Funding Requests regarding acupuncture during the last financial year.
NHS Coastal West Sussex CCG does not commission acupuncture as a treatment. This is
classified as a Low Priority Procedure and as such we may, in exceptional circumstances,
consider this as an Individual Funding Request.
Acupuncture is not commissioned as a stand-alone service from either NHS or independent
sector providers, though where it is felt that a particular patient may have personal circumstances
which might make them an exception to the policy, individual funding may be sought from the
CCG. However no individual funding requests for acupuncture were supported in 2013/14.
Expenditure during the year 2013/2014 includes data from 1 March 2013 to 28 February 2014
(the most recent available according to the CCG). It includes the total spend by the CCG plus the
acupuncture procedures carried out by two external providers. For more details on the number of
patients and providers, check again the database provided at the email address
NHS Crawley CCG does not commission acupuncture as a treatment. However, it may be
available in some cases as part of a defined package of care.
Patients have received acupuncture at Epsom and St. Helier hospital. The expenditure for the
first six months of 2013/14 was 122.00. There have been no Individual Funding Requests
(IFRs) at Croydon CCG for acupuncture in the fiscal year 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014.
Acupuncture is only provided as part of an agreed NHS provided pain management pathway so
the CCG says they would not be able to isolate the spend. No Individual Funding Requests were
made during the financial year 2013-2014, and no service provider was necessary.
Complementary and Alternative Therapies are not routinely funded. These include: Acupuncture,
Aromatherapy, Chinese Medicines, Chiropractic Therapy, Clinical Ecology, Herbal Remedies,
Homeopathy, Hypnotherapy, Massage, Osteopathy and Reflexology. This list is not exhaustive
and other procedures not listed here but that are considered alternative therapies will be
considered in the same way.
Some procedures may be available through services in hospices and hospitals as part of a
palliative care package; these are through charitable services and not commissioned services.
Some patients may be treated as part of an integrated conventional and complimentary service
for a specific condition where these are commissioned. There were not Individual Funding
Requests on acupuncture during the financial year 2013-14.
Their main provider is Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Acupuncture is provided as part of our physiotherapy services but as this treatment is not
identified separately as a service the CCG is unable to identify the total funding for this or the
types of medical problems that this may treat.
expenditure across NWL CCGs for 2013/2014 was 80,189. Acupuncture is not a treatment that is separately commissioned and funded by East and North
Herts CCG, however may be a treatment that is provided as part of a commissioned package of
care, for instance, Pain Management Service. The CCG could not therefore break information
down and extract the financial costs for this treatment.
NHS East Lancashire CCG does not commission acupuncture directly. The exception might be
an Individual Funding Request if it was part of a package of care.
Acupuncture services are not commissioned directly by NHS East Leicestershire and Rutland
CCG but are included in the Acute Contract with the local provider. The CCG cannot disclosure
the expenditure because it is included in the Acute Contract and not a cost per case.
Acupuncture is provided in a small number of commissioned services as part of a range of
treatment options available. This would mainly be commissioned as part of our pain
management services or services which manage pain as a routine part of the service. The CCG
does not hold any activity data for acupuncture nor are we able to identify any financial impact
directly relating to it.
Acupuncture is a treatment that is not routinely funded at NHS East Surrey CCG. Therefore any
clinician wishing to refer a patient for acupuncture treatment would have to submit an Individual
Funding Request. NHS Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford CCGs policy is to not normally fund complementary or
alternative medicine. Predominantly this is because of the lack of robust evidence that confirms
that such treatments are either better than or equivalent to allopathic regimes. Furthermore,
there are no plans for the CCG to commissioned complementary or alternative medicine in
2013/14 and are not planning to in 2014/15. NHS Eastern Cheshire CCG does not currently commission acupuncture for any conditions.
Prior to 31 March 2013 the predecessor organisation was Central and Eastern Cheshire Primary
Care Trust and it did not commission acupuncture.
The CCG sent only the expenditure with The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust: 23.791. The CCG
does not hold the expenditure specifically on acupuncture for 13/14 with The Royal London
predate the POLCV.
Acupuncture was not funded by the previous Primary Care Trust neither
Fareham and Gosport CCG does not commission acupuncture services.
Acupuncture is not routinely commissioned by Gloucestershire CCG, except from their relevant
commissioning policy, which says Acupuncture and osteopathic and chiropractic techniques are
used by mainstream NHS health care providers for the early management of non-specific low
back pain as per NICE Clinical Guideline 88 (2009). However, the CCG will not normally
commission these services additionally. Patients who are not eligible for treatment under this
policy can be considered on an individual basis where GP or clinician believes there are Some providers may provide complementary approaches as part of their holistic care for people
with life limiting conditions or certain conditions for example back pain. The therapies are funded
by the provider or via charitable donations. The CCG does not specifically commission for the
provision of these therapies directly. Information on these services would be available direct from
the providers.
Greater Huddersfield CCG commissions acupuncture as part of its Pain Management Patway,
but the expenditure on acupuncture cannot be disclosed individually.
NHS Greater Preston CCG does not commission acupuncture directly. The exception might be
an Individual Funding Request if it was part of a package of care. There were not Individual
Funding Requests regarding acupuncture during the financial year 2013-14.
2013 /2014. It remains a low priority treatment due to the limitated evidence of clinical
effectiveness.
Acupuncture is a Treatment Not Routinely Funded.
NHS Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby CCG does not commission acupuncture treatment
directly or specifically, however, it may be offered as part of other treatments or services which
are commissioned by the CCG, such as cancer services or chronic pain services. The CCG has
reviewed the data provided by secondary care providers through the Secondary Uses Service
(SUS) and has identified that a number of minor pain procedures were carried out by secondary
care providers where the main procedure undertaken is recorded as acupuncture or electro
acupuncture. The CCG says they do no holdd details of acupuncture carried out in other
settings. The CCG's main providers of secondary and community healthcare services may hold
the information requested. The expenditure data is only provided for secondary care activity for
this CCG at all acute providers, including electroacupuncture and acupuncture. 2013/2014 data The North West London CCGs (NWL CCGs) (Brent, Harrow, Hillingdon, Central London, West
Acupuncture was not funded by the previous Primary Care Trust
The CCG sent only the expenditure with The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust: 135.499. The
CCG does not hold the expenditure specifically on acupuncture for 13/14 with The Royal London
predate the POLCV.
NHS Harrogate and Rural District CCG do not commission a specific acupuncture service.
However, patients may receive acupuncture as part of the physiotherapy patway if the
physiotherapist feels it may offer a benefit to the patient. This is provided by the physiotherapist.
Acupuncture is provided as part of a multi-disciplinary pain management service, providing a
range of treatment options for patients with chronic pain conditions, including Acupuncture,
Denervation, nerve blocks, TENS therapy and a pain management program.
NHS Hastings and Rother CCG's policy is that we do not normally fund complementary or
alternative medicine. Predominantly this is because of the lack of robust evidence that confirms
that such treatments are either better than or equivalent to allopathic regimes. Furthermore,
there are no plans for the CCG to commissioned complementary or alternative medicine in
2013/14 and are not planning to in 2014/15. As set out on the document Procedures of Limited Clinical Value (POLCV), acupuncture is not
Medicine (RLHIM) which is part of University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Acupuncture is covered by the local Low Priority Treatment policy. Acupuncture will only be
funded as part of a comprehensive pain management programme provided by a specialist pain
clinic.
Acupuncture is not commissioned, but it is included as part of the back pain pathway in the NE
Sector Policy for Bury, Oldham and Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale CCGs. There were no
IFRs on acupuncture during the financial year 2013-2014.
NHS High Weald Lewes Havens CCG do not fund Complementary and/or Alternative Medicine.
Current policy states that there is no clinical trial that indicates that such medication is better than
or equivalent to allopathic regimes. The North West London CCGs (NWL CCGs) (Brent, Harrow, Hillingdon, Central London, West
NHS Horsham and Mid-Sussex CCG does not commission acupuncture as a treatment.
However, it may be available in some cases as part of a defined package of care.
Data is only provided for secondary care activity for the Hull CCG at all acute providers.
2013/14 data covers the period from April 2013 to February 2014
Acupuncture is offered as part of mulsculoskeletal physiotherapy services, not as a separate
entity. It is not possible for the CCG to extract the total expenditure from overall contract value.
Acupuncture is commissioned to be used in line with the NICE guidelines only.
Acupuncture is also provided as a treatment modality in a number of other services and it would
not be possible to estimate the proportion of funding used in these areas
The CCG sent only the expenditure with The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust: 217,638. The
CCG does not hold the expenditure specifically on acupuncture for 13/14 with The Royal London
predate the POLCV.
Acupuncture is not prescribed.
There have been no requests at Kingston CCG for acupuncture in the fiscal year 1 April 2013 to
31 March 2014 through Individual Funding Requests (IFRs). Acute accupunture activity
undertaken at Epsom and St Hellier hospital on behalf of Kingston CCG for the first six months of
that fiscal year was costed at 1.824 pounds. Kingston CCG works to SWL Effective
Commissioning Policy Guidelines that contains a policy which covers acupuncture for non-
specific low back pain and other alternative, homeopathic and complementary therapies. Acupuncture for the treatment of low back pain can be provided as a treatment option by the
CCGs commissioned Musculoskeletal Clinical Assessment Service in line with NICE guidelines
issued in 2009. It is currently commissioned from five boroughs partnership NHS Foundation
Trust. Acupuncture for the treatment of conditions other than low back pain is not routinely
commissioned by the CCG, but individual funding requests are considered using the policies
referred to above.
The CCGs commissioned Musculoskeletal Clinical Assessment Service is funded as part of an
overall block contract with the provider so the CCG is unable to provide specific information
relating to expenditure on acupuncture within this contract. Individual funding for acupuncture
treatment outside of that commissioned for low back pain was approved by the CCG in respect Acupuncture treatment is included within the South East London Treatment Access Policy (TAP)
2013 /2014. It remains a low priority treatment due to the limitated evidence of clinical
effectiveness.
Acupuncture is not routinely commissioned and is not usually funded, although clinicians can
request exceptional funding.
The CCG said that there are no restrictions on the conditions that can be referred.
"Interventions will only be funded if they are supported by evidence that demonstrates clinical
and cost effectiveness. At this time, there is insufficient high quality evidence to demonstrate the
clinical and cost effectiveness of CAM (group 1b, 2 and 3 above) due to the methodological
difficulties in studies of CAM therapies and placebo effects" (Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Priorities Forum Statement, Number 48, on Complementary and Alternative Medicine).
Acupuncture is offered only as part of a pilot for a headache service. Its value will be evaluated
as part of the overall service, and a decision will then be made as to whether to commission it
formally. Acupuncture for headaches is provided by Medway Community Healthcare (MCH)
under the Musculoskeletal (MSK) physiotherapy service, but there is no direct route into
acupuncture. Instead patients are referred into the Clinical Assessment Service (CAS) where
they triage the patient. The patients are then referred to the physiotherapy service for treatment,
where acupuncture is one of the treatment options for headaches. The CCG is therefore unable
to identify the numbers of patients who have had the treatment, and the subsequent expenditure,
as it is not separately recorded. There were not Individual Funding Requests on acupuncture There have been no Individual Funding Requests (IFRs) at Merton CCG for acupuncture in the
year 01 April 2013 to 31 March 2014. The expenditure for the first six months of 2013/14 was
5,229. The final figures for the year ended 2013/14 will not be available until July although it is
expected that this figure will be in the region of 10,458. Mid Essex CCG commissioned acupuncture until September 2013, when it was
decommissioned.
The CCG would not normally fund acupuncture outside of a specialist package of care, for
instance, as an individual treatment. The CCG have received no funding requests in this past
year, 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014.
Acupuncture is not commissioned but can be offered through the IFR process. NHS North
Durham CCG has not received any Individual Funding Requests (IFR) for acupuncture in
2013/14.
Acupuncture is not offered as a standalone treatment, but it maybe a treatment on choice within
a course of physiotherapy or pain management. Acupuncture is not separately identified within
the overall spend, so North East Essex CCG cannot provide the total expenditure per year.
NHS North East Lincolnshire CCG does not hold expenditure information. The service is
delivered as part of a Service Improvement Programme (SIP) so they do not hold the patient
level detail regarding condition, etc. The conditions for which acupuncture is commissioned are
part of pain management services within primary care and through the Any Qualified Provider
pain management services. There was no pain management AQP service prior to 2013, however
some services were commissioned in primary care and the annual values were fixed at 23.821 in Acupuncture is not routinely commissioned, however it is sometimes available in the context of
an overall service particularly in community physiotherapy, for instance. NHS North Hampshire
CCG is unable to identify the cost of this treatment as it would be an element of a community
care package, and therefore, unfortunately, not information held by the CCG. No IFR requests
were received by North Hampshire CGG from 1 April 3013 to 31 March 2014.
The CCG does not hold the information on expenditure.The commissions this service as part of
a larger block contract of pain management services, and it is not possible to extract CCG
expenditure specific to acupuncture. North Somerset CCG does not commission a standalone acupuncture service. Acupuncture may
be available through other commissioned services, for instance, pain management and
physiotherapy, but the CCG cannot split the expenditure of the acupuncture alone from these
services budgets. North Staffordshire CCG only commission acupuncture as part of the Chronic Pain Management
service which is funded via a block contract. The provider of the Chronic Pain Management
Service is Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership Trust. The service is part of the block
contract therefore they are unable to provide the breakdown of costs. Acupuncture in any other
service would need to be applied for via the Individual Funding Request process. Acupuncture is not commissioned but can be offered through the IFR process. North Tyneside
CCG received one referral through this process during the financial year 2013-2014, but it was
declined.
Acupuncture is included in their Treatments Not Routinely Funded policy, so it is not a treatment
that is routinely prescribed. NHS North West Surrey CCG has not received any Individual
Funding Requests (IFR) for acupuncture in 2013/14.
Acupuncture is part of the pain management service provided by a local acute trust. The CCG do
not hold expenditure for acupuncture, since it is part of the pain management service contract.
The CCG do not hold a list of conditions, a patient will be assessed by a clinician to determine if
acupuncture is an appropriate treatment. Acupuncture is not commissioned but can be offered through the IFR process. Northumberland
CCG received one referral through this process during the financial year 2013-2014, but it was
declined. The CCG do no hold the data on expenditure since acupuncture is included within the total pain
management costing element in the CCGs activity monitoring data and it is not split down to
include this detail.
Acupuncture is available to Nottingham City CCG patients. It is commissioned as a community
service.
Acupuncture is not commissioned. However, it is included as part of the back pain pathway in the
NE Sector Policy for Bury, Oldham and Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale CCGs.
Oxfordshire CCG did not receive any Individual Funding Request (IFR) relating to acupuncture
during the financial year 2013-2014.
Not offered.
Medicine (RLHIM) which is part of University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Acupuncture is not commissioned as a stand-alone service, but the policy allows for
physiotherapists to offer acupuncture as one of a range of interventions to manage
musculoskeletal pain. Expenditure during the year 2013/2014 includes data from 1 March 2013
to 28 February 2014 (the most recent available according to the CCG). It includes the total spend
by the CCG plus the acupuncture procedures carried out by four external providers. For more
details on the number of patients and providers, check again the database provided at the email
There have been no Individual Funding Requests (IFRs) at Richmond CCG for acupuncture in
the fiscal year 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014.
Acupuncture is provided as part of pain management services and undertaken as either a day
case or as part of an outpatient appointment. Acupuncture is not identified separately, therefore
expenditure specifically for this cannot be determined. The need for acupuncture is determined
by clinical review rather than specifying conditions.
Acupuncture is not commissioned. Salford CCG had one independent funding request, which
was declined, so there was no provider during the financial year 2013-2014.
Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG commissions acupuncture but cannot provide the
expenditure for just this treatment. They suggests to send a request to Sandwell and West
Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust.
All the annual data include all acupuncture provided by their secondary care providers and their
community pain services. However, acupuncture is also provided within their Community
Musculoskeletal Services but this activity is provided as part of a package of care and contained
within a much larger block contract and so the CGG says they do not hold the data. NHS Shropshire CCG do not offer direct access to acupuncture, it is not a stand-alone service.
Acupuncture is offered to patients by physiotherapists and pain management clinicians as a tool
in their treatment plans. There were not Individual Funding Requests on acupuncture during the
financial year 2013-2014.
In 2013/14 Solihull CCG has offered a "limited acupuncture service" commissioned from
Coventry Road practice, in which they have spent 21.000 pounds. There would also be an
element of acupuncture activity within Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust acute contract,
but this is not separately identifiable. A previous FOI request sent in December 2013 yielded the
expenditure of the financial years 2011-2012 and 2012-2013, which the CCG says not to hold in
their response to my second FOI request, sent in April 2014. In their response to my first FOI
request they also said they do not hold numbers before 2011-2012 as the systems have
changed twice since then. All the data from both requests have been added to this row. The Somerset CCG does commission acupuncture within the Somerset Partnership NHS
Foundation Trust Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Service but only as part of a treatment
package. Referrals for acupuncture alone are not accepted. The contracting arrangements
between the Somerset CCG and Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust are such that the
Somerset CCG does not hold specific financial expenditure information for acupuncture for any
of the years requested or information in relation to the conditions for which acupuncture has
been prescribed. This information may be held by Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
The CCG does not commission acupuncture.
The CCG does not routinely commission acupuncture. There were not Individual Funding
Requests (IFR) on acupuncture during the financial year 2013-2014.
Acupuncture is not specifically prescribed in NHS South Gloucestershire, but patients referred for
pain management may be offered acupuncture from a range of available treatments within the
Pain Management pathway.
NHS South Kent Coast Clinical Commissioning Group does not routinely fund Complementary
and Alternative Therapies. These include: Acupuncture, Aromatherapy, Chinese Medicines,
Chiropractic Therapy, Clinical Ecology, Herbal Remedies, Homeopathy, Hypnotherapy,
Massage, Osteopathy and Reflexology. Some procedures may be available through services in
hospices and hospitals as part of a palliative care package; these are through charitable services
and not commissioned services.
Some patients may be treated as part of an integrated conventional and complementary service
Acupuncture was not funded by the previous Primary Care Trust neither.
Acupuncture is offered through the Individual Funding Requests (IFR), but there were not any
during the financial year 2013-2014.
year, 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014.
The service is commissioned from North Tees & Hartlepool Foundation Trust
Acupuncture is not commission by South Tyneside CCG, but would go through the Individual
Funding Request process. Acupuncture is not commissioned as a stand-alone service from either NHS or independent
acupuncture procedures carried out by three external providers. For more details on the number
of patients and providers, check again the database provided at the email address
cortega.london@gmail.com. The expenditure from the fiscal years 2010-2011; 2011-2012, and
Acupuncture was not funded by the previous Primary Care Trust neither.
Acupuncture is not commissioned as a stand-alone service, but the policy allows for
by the CCG plus the acupuncture procedures carried out by four external providers. For more
The CCG does not specifically commission acupuncture as a standalone treatment. However, as
per the service restriction policy, it may be provided as part of an existing service.
NHS Southport and Formby CCG do not prescribe acupuncture.
2014. Acupuncture remains a low priority treatment due to the limited evidence of clinical
effectiveness. Future referrals for acupuncture should be made in exceptional circumstances
only.
Funding for cases of dental pain, nausea and vomiting and back pain shall be considered by the
local Individual Funding Request (IFR) Panels. There has been no approval of any Individual
Funding Request for acupuncture treatment for Southwark residents during the last financial
year. The IFR team do not have any information on Acupuncture Service Providers in Southwark.
NHS Stafford & Surrounds CCG does not commission any acupuncture services.
Complementary medicine/alternative therapies are not commissioned as stand-alone services.
Acupuncture is available within some musculoskeletal care pathways. The CCG could not
specify if there was any Individual Funding Request on acupuncture during the last financial year.
It does not hold data on the service providers neither.
The CCG were unable to separate the cost specifically relating to acupuncture as this procedure
is provided via the MSK service and is paid as part of a block contract
Acupuncture may be commissioned where exceptional circumstances apply, according to Surrey
Downs CCGs Treatments Not Routinely Funded policy. Surrey Downs CCG has not received any
Individual Funding Requests for acupuncture during the financial year 2013/14.
first six months of 2013/14 was 21,402.00. There have been no Individual Funding Requests
(IFRs) at Sutton CCG for acupuncture in the fiscal year 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014.
Acupuncture is a treatment option that is available to appropriate musculoskeletal patients that
have been referred to Kent Community Healthcare Trust's (KCHT) Physiotherapy /
Musculoskeletal Service, which they commission under a block contract. Acupuncture is one of
the treatment options that will be clinically considered for individual patients, but it is not offered
automatically as a treatment option to all musculoskeletal patients. The CCG cannot disclose the
total expenditure since this treatment is part of a service that sits within a block contract
arrangement. There were not Individual Funding Requests on acupuncture during the financial The annual expenditure on acupuncture for the fiscal year 2013-2014 was not available as
acupuncture is an element of care provided rather being provided in isolation from other
treatments. Acupuncture is commissioned as part of the musculoskeletal outpatient service. The CCG is
unable to identify the specific costs as this is a block payment for which detailed services cannot
be identified. NHS Telford and Wrekin CCG do not offer direct access to acupuncture it is not a stand-alone
service. Acupuncture is offered to patients by physiotherapists and pain management alone
service. Acupuncture is offered to patients by physiotherapists and pain management clinicians
as a tool in their treatment plans. The expenditure covers 11 months, from April 2013 to February
2014. NHS Thanet Clinical Commissioning Group does not routinely fund Complementary and
Alternative Therapies. These include: Acupuncture, Aromatherapy, Chinese Medicines,
Massage, Osteopathy and Reflexology. This list is not exhaustive and other procedures not listed
here but that are considered alternative therapies will be considered in the same way.
The CCG commission an acupuncture service as part of wider acute services. However, they
only commission provision in line with NICE Guidance. The CCG do not hold the total
expenditure over the last fiscal year because acupuncture is usually undertaken as part of their
Trauma and Orthopaedic outpatient tariff and they say they cannot identify acupuncture activity
versus non acupuncture activity.
The data is limited to a secondary care setting. The CCG sent the results of an analysis which
has identified acupuncture as the main treatment provided to patients. This information includes
the activity and cost of acupuncture related treatments delivered in secondary care only for NHS
Vale of York CCG. Patients will not be referred to secondary care specifically for acupuncture,
instead they are referred to pain management services where the specialist clinicians will decide
upon the best course of treatment for each individual. The CCG does not specifically commission
any other acupuncture services from other providers, although it may potentially be provided as a
treatment which the CCG is unable to identify. 2013/2014 data covers the period April 2013 to
January 2014. The CCG sent a disclosure of the conditions which were treated with
acupuncture. Data includes acupuncture and electroacupuncture.
NHS Wakefield CCG do not commission acupuncture as a standalone treatment, but this may be
offered as part of a wider package of care through other commissioned services, for example
Physiotherpay. As acupuncture is not commissioned directly by NHS Wakefield CCG, the CCG
cannot identify total expenditure for this treatment. Walsall CCG does not commission acupuncture as it falls within their Procedures of Limited
Clinical Value policy. There were not Individual Funding Requests (IFR) on acupuncture during
the financial year 2013-2014. As set out on the document Procedures of Limited Clinical Value (POLCV), acupuncture is not
first six months of 2013/14 was 243.00.
There have been no Individual Funding Requests (IFRs) at Wandsworth CCG for acupuncture in
the fiscal year 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014.
Acupuncture is not commissioned as a stand-alone service from either NHS or independent
acupuncture procedures carried out by three external providers. For more details on the number
of patients and providers, check again the database provided at the email address
While some complementary treatments may give health benefits, these have proved difficult to
quantify. A placebo effect can lead people (both patients and therapists) to conclude that a
treatment is effective when it is not. There is little good quality evidence comparing alternative
therapies with other treatments, and this makes it particularly difficult to judge the health benefit
of the therapy. Regarding the risks, infections linked to acupuncture and the improper handling of
needles or their reuse, without sterilisation, have included Hepatitis B and C, HIV, bacterial
endocarditits and staphylococcal septicaemia. It is accepted that these are rare events, but they
highlight the need for therapies to be used by properly trained and accredited professionals in a
controlled environment. Due to low evidence of effectiveness, complimentary therapies will only
be funded in exceptional circumstances and where they are incorporated into mainstream NHS NHS West Hampshire CCG does not formally commission or prescribe acupuncture treatments.
Acupuncture may form part of a patients overall package of care delivered by community
physiotherapy services but is not offered as a separate service. There were not Individual
Funding Requests (IFR) on acupuncture in the financial year 2013-2014. NHS West Kent Clinical Commissioning Group does not routinely fund Complementary and
Alternative Therapies. These include: Acupuncture, Aromatherapy, Chinese Medicines,
Massage, Osteopathy and Reflexology. This list is not exhaustive and other procedures not listed
here but that are considered alternative therapies will be considered in the same way.
Requests on acupuncture during the financial year 2013-14. Acupuncture is not prescribed by NHS West Lancashire CCG. However, their providers will offer
this treatment if deemed clinically appropriate. There were not Individual Funding Requests
regarding acupuncture during the financial year 2013-14.
Currently NHS West Norfolk CCG includes the provision of Chiropractor, and Osteopaths
through a local low back pain pathway, which is dependent on patient choice of care and paid on
a cost per case basis. West Norfolk CCG cannot disclose the expenditure on acupuncture
because it is part of a larger block contract of pain management services. From April to
December 2013, West Norfolk CCG Chiropractic and Osteopathic costs equalled 76,665. This
currently equates to 0.46 per West Norfolks un-weighted patient population.
Acupuncture is offered as part of mulsculoskeletal physiotherapy services, not as a separate
entity. It is not possible for the CCG to extract the total expenditure from overall contract value.
Acupuncture is commissioned to be used in line with the NICE guidelines only.
The CCG position is acupuncture may be offered as part of a pathway, for instance, pain
management or MSK CATS, but they do not prescribe a dedicated acupuncture service. There
were no IFRs on acupuncture during the financial year 2013-2014.
Acupuncture is classed as a complimentary therapy and therefore requires exceptional funding.
For the last fiscal year, no funding was granted.
NHS Wirral CCG does not prescribe acupuncture.
year, 1 April 2013 to 31 March 2014. The CCG says that if a patient wanted acupuncture it would not go through the Individual
Funding Requests (IFR) route, so therefore there were not IFR on acupuncture during the
financial year 2013-14. Acupuncture is not commissioned as a stand-alone service, but the policy allows for
by the CCG plus the acupuncture procedures carried out by three external providers. For more
Providers
Requested again
None
None
The Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust;
Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
Pain Management Solutions
Basildon & Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
Southend University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (DBHFT);
Pain Management Solutions (PMS).
Requested again
Bedford NHS Hospital
Requested again
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Birmingham
Birmingham Community Health Care NHS Trust
None
None
None
Requested again
Requested again
Requested again
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust
North Bristol NHS Trust
None
Requested again
None
Requested again
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust;
Requested again
None
Southend Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Requested again
None
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
None
Requested again
Requested again
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust;
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
Requested again
Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
None
None
None
Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (DBHFT)
None
Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust;
Spines Physiotherapy Clinic;
The Stourbridge Physiotherapy Clinic;
The Kingswinford Physiotherapy Clinic Ltd;
Dudley Physiotherapy Clinic;
The Sedgley Physiotherapy & Acupuncture Centre
The Physiotherapy Practice Ltd
Requested again
Requested again
Requested again
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Requested again
None
None
None
None
Requested again
None
None
?
None
None
Requested again
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust;
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust;
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
Requested again
None
Requested again
Requested again
North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
Requested again
Requested again
None
None
Requested again
Requested again
Requested again
Requested again
Requested again
Allied Health Professionals
The Shen Clinic
Requested again
Liverpool Medical Homeopathy Service
None
None
None
None
Requested again
Requested again
None
None
None
None
Requested again
None
Requested again
Medway Community Healthcare (MCH)
Requested again
B Wetherell Ltd;
The One Stop Complementary Medical Centres: Alternatives;
MK Acupuncture Clinic;
Milton Keynes Acupuncture Clinical;
Morningside Health Workshop;
Newport Clinic
Requested again
Requested again
None
None
None
Requested again
None
Requested again
Requested again
None
Requested again
Requested again
Requested again
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust
Requested again
Sttafordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership Trust
None
None
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust
None
Requested again
Relief Point Acupuncture Ltd;
The Grange Health Clinic Ltd;
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust;
Cripps Health Centre;
Requested again
Requested again
Requested again
None
None
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; University
Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; Heart of England NHS
Foundation Trust; The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust.
None
Mexborough and Montague Hospital
Requested again
None
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
Requested again
Requested again
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Requested again
Requested again
None
Requested again
Requested again
None
None
None
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust;
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust.
None
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust;
Gloucestershire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Southend Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
None
None
Requested again
Data not available
Requested again
None
None
Kent Community Healthcare Trust (KCHT)
Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Requested again
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust;
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Requested again
Basildon & Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust;
Southend University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Requested again
Requested again
Requested again
None
Requested again
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Heart of
England NHS Foundation Trust; George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.
Requested again
None
None
Requested again
None
Providers for the whole North West London Clinical Commissioning
Groups were: Imperial College Healthcare Trust;
Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust;
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
Requested again
None
None
Requested again
None
Requested again
The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust.
CONDITIONS THAT ACUPUNCTURE IS OFFERED FOR
Conditions
Low back pain
Pain management
Other conditions
Headaches
Musculoskeletal conditions
Migraine
Joint pain
Chronic pain
Dental pain
Physiotherapy
Lumbar pain
Nausea of pregnancy
Postoperative and chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting
Temporomandibular disorders
Anaesthetics
Neuralgia
Abdominal pain
Fibromyalgia
Nausea and vomiting
Neck pain
Neuritis
Sciatica
TOTAL
CONDITIONS THAT ACUPUNCTURE IS OFFERED FOR
Number of CCGs which include
these conditions in their
acupuncture policy
Percentage
41 21%
34 17%
17 9%
14 7%
14 7%
8 4%
7 4%
7 4%
9 5%
9 5%
5 3%
5 3%
5 3%
5 3%
3 2%
3 2%
2 1%
2 1%
4 2%
2 1%
2 1%
2 1%
200 100%
21%
17%
9%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
The ten conditions more often offered
acupuncture for by the CCGs
9%
7% 7%
4%
4% 4%
5% 5%
3%
The ten conditions more often offered
acupuncture for by the CCGs
Percentage
ACUPUNCTURE PROVIDERS TO THE CCGs DURING FINANCIAL YEAR 2013-2014
Acupuncture Service Provider
Number of
CCGs
The Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine 13
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust 8
Southend University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 5
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust 5
The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust 5
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust 5
Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (DBHFT) 3
Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust 3
Allied Health Professionals 2
Basildon & Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2
Pain Management Solutions (PMS) Limited 2
Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust 5
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust 1
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust 1
Spines Physiotherapy Clinic 2
The Stourbridge Physiotherapy Practice 2
The Kingswinford Physiotherapy Clinic Ltd 1
Dudley Physiotherapy Clinic 1
The Sedgley Physiotherapy & Acupuncture Centre 1
The Physiotherapy Practice Ltd 1
Medway Community Healthcare (MCH) 1
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 1
Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust 1
North Bristol NHS Trust 2
Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust 1
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust 1
Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 1
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 1
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust 1
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust 1
Sttafordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership Trust 1
Gloucestershire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust 1
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust 2
North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust 2
Kent Community Healthcare Trust (KCHT) 1
Mexborough and Montague NHS Hospital 1
The Shen Clinic 1
Cripps Health Centre 1
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust 1
The Grange Health Clinic Ltd 1
Bedford NHS Hospital 1
Relief Point Acupuncture Ltd 1
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust 1
1
Newport Clinic 1
Blackberry Orthopaedic and Sports Injury Clinic 1
MK Acupuncture Clinic 1
The One Stop Complementary Medical Centres: "Alternatives" 1
B Wetherell Ltd 1
Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 1
The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust 1
Birmingham Community Health Care NHS Trust 1
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust 1
TOTAL 106
ACUPUNCTURE PROVIDERS TO THE CCGs DURING FINANCIAL YEAR 2013-2014
Percentage Type of organisation
12% NHS Body
8% NHS Body
5% NHS Body
5% NHS Body
5% NHS Body
5% NHS Body
3% NHS Body
3% NHS Body
2% Social enterprise
2% NHS Body
2% Private company
5% NHS Body
1% NHS Body
1% NHS Body
2% Private company
2% Private company
1% Private company
1% Private company
1% Private company
1% Private company
1% NHS Body
1% NHS Body
2% NHS Body
1% NHS Body
1% NHS Body
1% NHS Body
1% NHS Body
1% NHS Body
1% NHS Body
1% NHS Body
1% NHS Body
1% NHS Body
1% NHS Body
2% NHS Body
2% NHS Body
1% NHS Body
1% NHS Body
1% Private company
1% NHS Body
1% NHS Body
The Stourbridge Physiotherapy Practice
The Kingswinford Physiotherapy Clinic Ltd
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Gloucestershire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Mexborough and Montague NHS Hospital
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Blackberry Orthopaedic and Sports Injury Clinic
The One Stop Complementary Medical Centres:
The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust
1% Private company
1% NHS Body
1% Private company
1% NHS Body
1%
Community Interest Company, partly
funded by the NHS
1% Private company
1% Private company
1% Private company
1% Private company
1% Private company
1% NHS Body
1% NHS Body
1% NHS Body
1% NHS Body
100% -
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Birmingham NHS
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
Basildon & Thurrock University Hospitals NHS
Pain Management Solutions (PMS) Limited
Dudley Physiotherapy Clinic
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Gloucestershire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Mexborough and Montague NHS Hospital
The Shen Clinic
Cripps Health Centre
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
The Grange Health Clinic Ltd
Bedford NHS Hospital
Relief Point Acupuncture Ltd
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Newport Clinic
MK Acupuncture Clinic
The One Stop Complementary Medical Centres:
B Wetherell Ltd
The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust
Acupuncture service providers most commissioned by Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs)
0% 2% 4% 6% 8%
The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Birmingham NHS
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
Basildon & Thurrock University Hospitals NHS
Spines Physiotherapy Clinic
Percentage
8% 10% 12% 14%
PRIVATE ACUPUNCTURE PROVIDERS TO THE CCGs DURING FINANCIAL YEAR 2013-2014
Acupuncture Service Provider
Number of
CCGs
Allied Health Professionals 2
Pain Management Solutions (PMS) Limited 2
Spines Physiotherapy Clinic 2
The Stourbridge Physiotherapy Practice 2
The Kingswinford Physiotherapy Clinic Ltd 1
Dudley Physiotherapy Clinic 1
The Sedgley Physiotherapy & Acupuncture Centre 1
The Physiotherapy Practice Ltd 1
Medway Community Healthcare (MCH) 1
The Shen Clinic 1
Cripps Health Centre 1
The Grange Health Clinic Ltd 1
Relief Point Acupuncture Ltd 1
1
Newport Clinic 1
Blackberry Orthopaedic and Sports Injury Clinic 1
MK Acupuncture Clinic 1
The One Stop Complementary Medical Centres: "Alternatives" 1
B Wetherell Ltd 1
TOTAL 23
PRIVATE ACUPUNCTURE PROVIDERS TO THE CCGs DURING FINANCIAL YEAR 2013-2014
Percentage Type of organisation
9% Private company
9% Private company
9% Private company
4% Private company
4% Private company
4% Private company
4% Private company
4% Private company
4% Private company
4% Private company
4% Private company
4%
Community Interest Company, partly
funded by the NHS
4% Private company
4% Private company
4% Private company
4% Private company
4% Private company
100% -
The One Stop Complementary Medical Centres: "Alternatives"
0% 1% 2% 3%
Spines Physiotherapy Clinic
Dudley Physiotherapy Clinic
The Shen Clinic
Cripps Health Centre
The Grange Health Clinic Ltd
Relief Point Acupuncture Ltd
Newport Clinic
MK Acupuncture Clinic
The One Stop Complementary Medical Centres: "Alternatives"
B Wetherell Ltd
4% 5% 6% 7% 8% 9% 10%
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