NHS 'should stop funding homeopathy'

News Source: 
The Times (London)
Sentiment: 
Negative
News Date: 
February 23, 2010
Author Last Name: 
Devlin
Author First Name: 
Hannah

“The NHS should stop funding all homeopathic medicine, the House of Commons science watchdog said yesterday. The cross-party group said there was no evidence that homeopathic remedies had anything other than a placebo effect....”

“...If the recommendations are accepted by the Government it would spell the end of state support for the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital. The committee said that homeopathic products should no longer be labelled with medical claims without evidence of efficacy, and should not be licensed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency....”

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7036441.ece