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Re:Online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Course by DanBC on Sunday May 03, 2015 @12:41PM (#9481977)
> It is used within the British NHS, which means that a standards body has determined that it is evidence based

Hang on, that's not how it works. (For one thing health is devolved in Scotland so you have seperate English, Scottish, and Welsh NHSs. (Not sure what happens with NI.) More importantly:

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/homeopathy/Pages/Introduction.a...

> Homeopathy is not available on the NHS in all areas of the country, but there are several NHS homeopathic hospitals and some GP practices also offer homeopathic treatment.

So, it's possible to get a stupid pointless "treatment" on the NHS. You might want to write to your local clinical commissioning group if you want to stop them spending money (about £4m per year) on homeopathy.

Re:Online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Course by joewalker on Sunday May 03, 2015 @02:24PM (#9482377)
To be fair on NICE, from the same page:

"NICE currently does not recommend that homeopathy should be used in the treatment of any health condition"

"Some homeopathic remedies may contain substances that are not safe, or that interfere with the action of other medicines"

"there is no evidence that homeopathy is effective as a treatment for any health condition"

"Some people who use homeopathy may see an improvement in their health condition due to a phenomenon known as the placebo effect"

I'm not sure what the phrase 'NHS homeopathic hospitals' means. Does it mean more than what is implied by the paragraph following the one you quoted, that some people that work for the NHS also work privately on alternative medicine like homoeopathy.

I'd also be interested to know more about the £4m per year.

The page on mindfulness has a very different tone [1] to the one on homeopathy.

[1]: http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/pages...