Nhs revises advice on homeopathy

[Dubious Dick]

Apologies if already posted but some excellent news. Publicity for a wishy washy entry regarding Homeopathy on the NHS Choices website caused a stink and has led to a re-wording. A victory for evidence. Seems the pressure is building in the U.K. following the comments recently by the Chief Medical Officer for England that homeopathy is "rubbish".

Some hope that the £4 million currently spent by the NHS on the worthless nonsense will be further eroded in the near future.

See the revised page here:


http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/homeopathy/Pages/Introduction.aspx#evidence

And credit for the spot to Bindeweede on skeps.org for spotting this unusually excellent article at the Daily Fail, by the ever excellent Francis Wheen:


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... Wheen.html

 

[Tatyana]

It annoys me to no end, especially when the NHS is reluctant to pay nurses over time.

 

[Mojo]

For the background to this, see Professor David Colquhoiun's blog post: Policy-based evidence. Department of Health and Prince’s Foundation censor accurate information about magic medicines, with details of emails and drafts released as a result of a FoI application.

Also this story from the Guardian: Prince's charity lobbied government to water down homeopathy criticism.

The NHS Choices page as it was before the recent changes can be seen on the Wayback Machine.

 

[Mojo]

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/homeopathy/Pages/Introduction.aspx

I love the scare quotes in the opening sentence.

 

[Mojo]

The link in the O/P to the Wheen article is broken, by the way. You can find it here: Cheers! Why you're far better off with a stiff G&T than homeopathy.

 

[ddt]

For the background to this, see Professor David Colquhoiun's blog post: Policy-based evidence. Department of Health and Prince’s Foundation censor accurate information about magic medicines, with details of emails and drafts released as a result of a FoI application.

Also this story from the Guardian: Prince's charity lobbied government to water down homeopathy criticism.

And there I thought that dilution would make it stronger.