The examples of the osteopaths and the chiropractors may lead other groups to consider the question afresh and perhaps with greater urgency.
Statutory recognition of osteopaths and chiropractors must go some way towards dealing with that problem.
Why does the order not include chiropractors, acupuncturists or osteopaths who are providing a sensible service for the benefit of the public?
There already exist in this country health insurance schemes which will cover treatment from an osteopath or chiropractor.
Then more doctors will refer patients to them, as happened when osteopaths and chiropractors were regulated.
The serious point is that osteopaths and chiropractors are no longer considered to be beyond the pale; they have been integrated into conventional medicine.
As we all know, many people suffer from back and neck trouble and have occasion to consult either an osteopath or a chiropractor.
That is how osteopaths and chiropractors were able to make progress.
