MLAR Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 The Department of Health is considering banning GPs from prescribing homeopathic treatments in England. This is on the basis that they don't work and don't offer value for money. The Good Thinking Society seem to have forced the Government's hand by threatening a judicial review. The British Homeopathy Society have yet to comment on the proposal. So, what say you? Is this a welcome move towards evidence based, scientifically rational medicine? Or, should GPs have the freedom to prescribe a well established set of treatments if they want to? Link here, for anybody interested. Warning, contains fluffy, Leftie journalism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lottiecass Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 So I say good,quack cures at best.Why waste money on treatments that have no effect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbeliever Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 About damn time. If somebody wants a small vial of water, let them use a tap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLAR Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 About damn time. If somebody wants a small vial of water, let them use a tap. What about the pills? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 What about the pills? If you arrange them in a nice pile and add a few flowers, you'd get a perfectly agreeable still life composition for a bit of watercolour painting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbeliever Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Perhaps this wasn't the best time to start up my snake oil business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Continue giving out sugar pills but describe them as strong antibiotics and watch the placebo effect as people go home, take them, get better naturally but think the medicine has done good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbeliever Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Continue giving out sugar pills but describe them as strong antibiotics and watch the placebo effect as people go home, take them, get better naturally but think the medicine has done good. That's just silly. What these people need is Lily the Pink's medicinal compound. Most efficacious in every way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingjimmy Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 GP's should be allowed to prescribe placebos imo, but not expensive homeopathic ones, because that is of course all that they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerousedd Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 GP's should be allowed to prescribe placebos imo, but not expensive homeopathic ones, because that is of course all that they are. so the doctor misdiagnoses you as being a hypochondriac instead of having a bad infection and gives you a placebo, hmm don't think the nhs will be giving out placebos hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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