Charlies dodgy influence strikes again

[MrGongGong]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2013/feb/13/prince-charity-lobbied-government-homeopathy

[amateur51]

How completely depressing - what a baleful influence he is on contemporary life and any hopes that we might have of living in a mature democracy

[Word]

nice headline.

It may be old but it's still v. funny: Mitchell and Webb.

[MrGongGong]

nice headline.

It may be old but it's still v. funny: Mitchell and Webb.

Classic thanks

[amateur51]

nice headline.

It may be old but it's still v. funny: Mitchell and Webb.

[Resurrection Man]

[amateur51]

Away with ye to Crystal Palace!

[teamsaint]

Its pretty important to ask questions about all the factors that go to make up the kind of advice contained in this kind of guidance to NHS patients.
Charles has no place in this IMO, but there are other interest groups whose power and influence seems never to be questioned.

[MrGongGong]

IF you look at the NHS choices web

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/homeopathy/pages/introduction.aspx

you see how much this nonsense is allowed to continue
If I go to my doctor or consult the NHS online I certainly don't expect them to suggest I get a lucky rabbits foot to prevent me getting Malaria

[teamsaint]

IF you look at the NHS choices web

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/homeopathy/pages/introduction.aspx

you see how much this nonsense is allowed to continue
If I go to my doctor or consult the NHS online I certainly don't expect them to suggest I get a lucky rabbits foot to prevent me getting Malaria

do you think that is likely to happen?

Should the NHS not be in the business of giving its patients the best and widest choice of treatments available?

[Flosshilde]

nice headline.

It may be old but it's still v. funny: Mitchell and Webb.

Wonderful!

[MrGongGong]

do you think that is likely to happen?

Should the NHS not be in the business of giving its patients the best and widest choice of treatments available?

Homeopathy is a fraud
it doesn't work and is dangerous as it fools people into thinking that they can cure serious illness with sugar pills
if idiots want to believe in this crap thats up to them BUT the NHS shouldn't have anything to do with it IMV

[teamsaint]

Homeopathy is a fraud
it doesn't work and is dangerous as it fools people into thinking that they can cure serious illness with sugar pills
if idiots want to believe in this crap thats up to them BUT the NHS shouldn't have anything to do with it IMV

Lots of people disagree with you. There is an awful lot of conventional medicine that I have seen going on in the NHS , from personal experience, that I think fails patients in any number of ways. Conventional treatments have plenty of failings, are not always properly or appropriately applied.It doesn't mean that those treatments should just be stopped, or that they don't help return some people to health.

[MrGongGong]

Lots of people disagree with you. There is an awful lot of conventional medicine that I have seen going on in the NHS , from personal experience, that I think fails patients in any number of ways. Conventional treatments have plenty of failings, are not always properly or appropriately applied.It doesn't mean that those treatments should just be stopped, or that they don't help return some people to health.

Lots of people believe in all sorts of nonsense
Try James Randi or Ben Goldacre

Sure "conventional" treatments aren't perfect but that doesn't mean that this crap is true
why not have faith healing or magic crystals on the NHS ?

[teamsaint]

I am not well versed in homeopathy. I have an open mind about it.
In general, we have to trust the medical profession for guidance. according to this, 400 plus GPs practice homeopathy.. Not saying they are right, but it is significant.

http://www.britishhomeopathic.org/getting_treatment/homeopathy_in_the_nhs/

To dismiss everything except current western medical orthodoxy, much of which is informed by the agendas of the big drugs companies, is also very dangerous, IMO. (not suggesting you are doing that, BTW).