At last, what appears to be a sensible approach to homeopathy. The SciTech committee have published a report which says, quite rightly, that as there is no evidence for the magic water / sugar pills and that it should no longer be payed for by the NHS. It also recommends that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) should stop licensing it.
Ben Goldacre has an article up highlighting the important parts here, the BBC have an article here and the select committee's report is available here.
It's a start, next we need the government to make the right decision and remove homeopathy from the NHS fully.
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