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Integration into the NHS

Over the last decade or so there have been major organisational and structural changes within primary care in the NHS. The late 1980s brought the introduction of fundholding (1989),

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Funding of the acupuncture

The provision of acupuncture treatment has flourished despite lack of widespread knowledge of its efficacy, lack of comprehensive guidelines for either GPs or patients, and without national regulatory

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Location of acupuncture treatment provision

Of the 169 GPs arranging acupuncture treatment for their patients, 160 provided details of where it was administered. It was reported to be provided mainly within an orthodox healthcare setting such as the GPs’ own surgeries (48%),

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