ब्रिटिश सरकार ने दृढ़ता से एन एच एस पर होम्योपैथी के वित्तपोषण के लिए सांसदों और ब्रिटिश संसद की विज्ञान और तकनीकी समिति की रिपोर्ट द्वारा मांगों को अस्वीकार कर दिया गया है और कहा यह मरीज की पसंद और निर्णय पर निर्भर है कि वह कौन सी पद्दति को अपनाये ।
‘होम्योपैथी का यूरोप में एक लंबा इतिहास है और यूरोपीय संघ में भी होम्योपैथी एक मान्यता प्राप्त है और काफ़ी यूरोपियन जनता तमाम विरोधों के बीच इसको पसंद करती रही है । जटिल केसों मे अकसर ऐलोपैथिक चिकित्सक होम्योपैथिक अस्पतालों मे केसों को रिफ़र करते देखे जाते है । समझा जाता है कि ब्रिटेन में सरकार होम्योपैथी पर हर साल लगभग 40 लाख पाउंड ख़र्च करती है । ब्रिटेन में लंदन, ब्रिस्टल, लिवरपूल और ग्लास्गो में होम्योपैथिक अस्पताल हैं । हाँलाकि ब्रिटिश संसद की विज्ञान और तकनीकी समिति की रिपोर्ट में ये स्वीकार किया गया कि आम लोगों में होम्योपैथी लोकप्रिय है और सर्वेक्षणों से पता लगता है कि इसका इस्तेमाल करनेवाले ७० प्रतिशत लोग इससे संतुष्ट भी हैं ।
‘सरकार का मानना है कि उपभोक्ताओं को जो होम्योपैथिक दवाओं का उपयोग करते हैं , उसके उद्देश्य के बारे में सूचित किया जाना चाहिए लेता है और होम्योपैथिक दवा निर्माताओं को गुणवत्ता और सुरक्षा के मानकों को बनाए रखना होगा । ’
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- होम्योपैथी -तथ्य एवं भ्रान्तियाँ " प्रमाणित विज्ञान या केवल मीठी गोलियाँ "( Is Homeopathy a trusted science or a placebo )
- डां बाबलेक्र्जि- होम्योपैथी क्यों और कैसे
- डॉ. क्रिश्चियन फ्राइडरिक सैमुअल हैनिमेन- जन्म दिवस पर विशेष ( A Tribute to Dr Samuel Hahnemann )
Government defends right to homeopathy on the NHS
With thanks to Ian Quinn at Pulse Today 26.7.10
In its response to a report from the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, which issued a damning verdict on the practice and called for GPs to be barred from referring patients under the NHS, the Department of Heath said it would not be stepping in – despite MPs’ concerns over the lack of evidence and regulation of homeopathic treatments.
MPs had called not only for doctors to be barred from referring patients to homeopathic hospitals or homeopaths, but for the MHRA to intervene and to apply the same standards of regulation as for medicines, which they said would remove any medical claim supporters of homeopathy had.
But in its response today the DH said: ‘It is not appropriate for the Department of Health to remove the right of PCTs to make these decisions on a case-by-case basis.’
‘Capital investment decisions in the NHS are planned and decided at local level. The commissioning plans of local PCTs set out the type of services that need to be provided and therefore drive decisions about the nature of new facilities needed, or the need to maintain, update or replace existing facilities.’
The committee had also called for an investigation into the cost of homeopathy to the NHS and for new research into the evidence-base for homeopathy, but this too was rejected.
MPs had wanted regulators to ‘remove any medical claim and any implied endorsement of efficacy by the MHRA’ by ensuring the same evidence of efficacy used to assess conventional medicines was used, but the Government said this would potentially deal a fatal blow to the homeopathy market and limit consumer choice.
‘Homeopathy has a long tradition in Europe and is a recognised and widely used system of medicine across the EU,’ it said.
‘The Government takes the view that consumers who choose to use homeopathic medicines should be fully informed about their purpose and assured that standards of quality and safety are maintained. If homeopathic medicines were not subject to any kind of regulatory control consumers would not have access to such information or assurances.’
‘Conversely, if regulation was applied to homeopathic medicines as understood in the context of conventional pharmaceutical medicines, these products would have to be withdrawn from the market as medicines. This would constrain consumer choice and, more importantly, risk the introduction of unregulated, poor quality and potentially unsafe products on the market to satisfy consumer demand.’
Brian Kaplan – London | 26 Jul 10
This is truly marvellous news – simply the most heartening thing I’ve read in PULSE for years.
The government’s decision is a victory for liberty and democracy in this country and a slap in the face for those who would seek to thwart the rights of GPs to send patients to fully qualified doctors on the NHS who use homeopathic medicine.
Government Response to the Science and Technology Committee report ‘Evidence Check 2: Homeopathy’
26th July 2010
Other reports:
Homeopathy will not be banned – the Telegraph 26.7.10
Courtesy : Sue Young
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