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Homeopathy and the NHS

The Great Fight, Punch, Allopathy versus Homeopathy

The Great Fight, Punch magazine 1888, public domain via Wikimedia Commons

The long-running debate about the role of homeopathy in the NHS is hotting up again. In her evidence to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee in January, Chief Medical Officer Professor Dame Sally Davies replied to a question about homeopathy with a ringingly clear statement: “..Why am I being wishy-washy? It’s rubbish”. Continue reading