Homeopathic remedies are no better than placebos, and so UK citizens should not pay for R&D of homeopathy a committee of British members of parliament has concluded.
he House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, which released its interrogatory on homeopathy on Monday, also urges governments in other countries where homeopathy is nourished – notably Germany, France and Austria – to be equally shy of funding homeopathy. “We finger there’s a factual communication, not rightful in the UK,” says says committee chairman and Liberal Democrat MP Phil Willis.
In preparing its report, the ngo, which scrutinises policies, took information from scientists and homeopaths, and reviewed numerous reports and technological investigations into homeopathy. It found no grounds that such treatments do something beyond providing a placebo result.
It also says homeopathic hospitals should not be funded by the NHS, and NHS doctors should not refer patients to homeopaths. Currently the NHS finances cardinal homeopathic hospitals.
