NHS funding of homeopathy

[Badly Shaved Monkey]

So what happens to the 'must work because it's so popular' argument?

It's popularity has been highly diluted, which makes it even more popular the fewer people who use it. When no one uses it, it will be infinitely popular.

 

[Blue Wode]

Only 48 hours to go…

March in London

As the climax of the campaign H:MC21 is planning a march in London on 22 June 2008 at the end of Homeopathy Awareness Week. Organisers of H:MC21 and others will got to No.10 Downing Street to hand in the Declaration and signatures, and a demand that the NHS honours the commitment to homeopathy enshrined in its charter by enabling all those who wish to use homeopathy to obtain it through the NHS.

Help us to collect 250,000 signatures by June 2008.

http://www.homeopathy-soh.org/about-homeopathy/charities.aspx

…and there's still a few signatures required to reach that 250,000 target:

UK: Number of people who have signed online at 9:59 on Thursday 12 June 2008: 8,037
UK: Number of signatures received on paper: 3,289

Internationally: Number of people who have signed online at 9:59 on Thursday 12 June 2008: 2,875

http://www.hmc21.org/

Downing Street must be bracing itself.

 

[Asolepius]

I'm sure the riot police are standing by - squadrons of horses, water cannon, all roads to central London sealed off.....COBRA alerted, emergency Cabinet meeting in session, the Queen expecting the PM at any moment to tender his resignation.......

.....and Charles biting his nails in Clarence House.

 

[Darat]

Isn't she heading the protest march?

 

[Mongrel]

I'm sure the riot police are standing by - squadrons of horses, water cannon,

So they're going to succuss the mob - I'm all for it

 

[Darat]

I've heard there are going to practise homoeopathic policing, there is one police officer somewhere in the solar system that is responsible for maintaining order.

 

[Acleron]

Around this area they been practicising that method of policing for years

 

[Lothian]

That is a pathetically poor response. The organisers must be succussing their heads against the wall.

 

[volatile]

So they're going to succuss the mob - I'm all for it

Won't that make them more powerful?

 

[Mojo]

March in London

As the climax of the campaign H:MC21 is planning a march in London on 22 June 2008 at the end of Homeopathy Awareness Week. Organisers of H:MC21 and others will got to No.10 Downing Street to hand in the Declaration and signatures, and a demand that the NHS honours the commitment to homeopathy enshrined in its charter by enabling all those who wish to use homeopathy to obtain it through the NHS.

http://www.homeopathy-soh.org/about-homeopathy/charities.aspx

I've been looking for a copy of this charter, to see what it actually says. I very much doubt that it guarantees homoeopathy on demand. Does anyone know where to get hold of the charter?

 

[Darat]

As far as I know there isn't an official one at the moment. There was the "Patient's Charter" introduced (I think in the 90s) but that was scrapped a few years ago. There has been much talk recently of creating a new NHS charter.

 

[Badly Shaved Monkey]

H:Mc21

I can't help it, but every time I see that abbreviation I keep wondering who H. McTwentyone is and whether the rest of Clan McTwentyone is happy to see wee Hamish making such a fool of himself.

 

[Deetee]

I've been looking for a copy of this charter, to see what it actually says. I very much doubt that it guarantees homoeopathy on demand. Does anyone know where to get hold of the charter?

I believe it dates from the creation of the NHS in 1948 with Nye Bevan. Dunno where to find it tho. Think it is "The patient's charter", but this has gone through a number of revisions.
I guess the old 1948 charter may also have enshrined the rights of patients to get any number of fairly dubious therapies that were in vogue at the time. Leeching, anyone?

 

[Darat]

Was there ever an actual charter as a separate document? I think the NHS bill enumerated certain rights and aspirations but I can't ever recall reading about a charter from the time.

 

[Mojo]

Anyone heard anything about their march on Downing Street? It doesn't seem to have made the papers.

ETA: and there doesn't seem to be anything on the SoH's press releases pages about it yet.

 

[Ivor the Engineer]

Anyone heard anything about their march on Downing Street? It doesn't seem to have made the papers.

ETA: and there doesn't seem to be anything on the SoH's press releases pages about it yet.

I believe it started with a billion people, but by the time it reached Downing Street, no one was left.

 

[Professor Yaffle]

I believe it started with a billion people, but by the time it reached Downing Street, no one was left.

They were all far too shaken to complete it.

 

[Lothian]

The petition clearly has not been a huge succuss.

 

[Professor Yaffle]

They were worried about aggravation from people who were not complementary to them.

 

[Ivor the Engineer]

I heard homoeopaths cussing saying the march sucked.