British Medical Association Votes Against Homeopathy Funding

News Source: 
Health Service Journal (HSJ)
Sentiment: 
Negative
News Date: 
June 30, 2010

“The British Medical Association (BMA) has called for homeopathic remedies to be banned on the NHS (National Health Service) and removed from pharmacies where they are for sale as medicines.

“Medics at a BMA conference voted overwhelmingly in favour of banning homeopathic remedies being funded by the NHS and withdrawing backing for the UK's four homeopathic hospitals. They added that NHS doctors should not be given homeopathy training and remedies should be taken off shelves ‘labelled medicines’ and put on shelves ‘labelled placebos’....”

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