Billions of pounds pumped in every year but the state and level of health of a UK citizen is not improving. Instead 10,000 people in Britain die each year due to adverse drug reaction and drug intoxication [1]. More and more people are queuing up for NHS. NHS needs reforms
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You say “the state and level of health of a UK citizen is not improving”, but on what basis? Life expectancy has risen dramatically in recent decades, increasing by about 3 months per year last time I checked. Childhood diseases that were widespread when my parents were growing up are things of the past. Genuine question – what makes you say that health isn’t increasing? Where’s the evidence?
Now you have more of neurological diseases, anti-biotic resistant diseases and iatrogenic diseases which are more difficult to treat.
People die? Oh no! How could they let this happen?!?
“Instead 10,000 people in Britain die each year.”
Do people normal reach immortality in the UK? This seems to be an illogical statement.
I can’t believe there are some people who think the NHS should not supply drug treatments. What treatment do they want from the doctor? A get-well-soon card?
Whereas if the NHS went all homeopathic, NO ONE would die in the UK and everyone would live forever and ever, world without end. Right?
The NHS should fund and supply whatever relevant treatments that are actually proven to work consistently above the level of a placebo, ie. those medications that have undergone and passed the extensive 3 phase clinical trial process, not most of the ‘alternative’ treatments.
Agreed except that homeopathy is far more superior to placebo in its clinical effects
Evidence?
There are more than 100 research papers showing homeopathy to be superior to placebo. I am stating just one of them
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9310601 (1997) // homeopathy is statistically significantly superior (2.45 times more effective and positive at 95% confidence interval) to placebo
What an absurd poll. I guess people should just be left to endure pain, disease, illness and death without effective medication. Let’s all go back to just roots, seeds and berries and healthy excercise in the fresh air hunting mamoths!
*facepalm.
Let people be given informed choices about various system of medicines for a given medical condition available on NHS. Let NHS reforms for the better
Of course, there is no such thing as NHS UK. Perhaps that is a reflection of the general knowledge of the creator of the poll.
And what’s this? ‘More and more people are queuing up for NHS.’ NHS Scotland has never kept me waiting. The service I get is outstanding.
Have I stumbled on a humour site by accident?
Dear me, Nancy, you are a glutton for punishment. You keep repeated the same tired old canards and never change a word, even when they’ve been debunked a thousand timles in the article and comments.
Same questions have same answers. Debunked by whom? Skeptics…..
Yep, debunked by people who actually require rigorous scientific proof instead of accepting nebulous claims and biased “trials” at face value!
if you plot infant mortality or life expectancy ect against time what do you find?
you find that modern medicine has VASTLY improved the nation’s health from times of ignorant quackery.
where’s the evidence that only modern medicine has contributed to that?
I was sent a link to this poll by Dr Malik, in what I can only assume was an attempt to sway my opinions about Homeopathy. I was prepared to come face-to-face with compelling arguments and plenty of information as to why pharmaceutical medication shouldn’t be funded on public money. I’m actually rather disappointed to find that this is nothing but empty statistics with NOTHING to back them up. I couldn’t possibly vote against public funding for pharmaceuticals when there are actual facts to prove that more people live longer and healthier lives because of it. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/mar/11/public-health-saving-lives-spending-less Publicly funded pharmaceutical treatments save lives. If that funding were cut, if the research could no longer be done to create new treatments, we would basically hurtle backwards. We have the ability to create amazing new ways of saving lives, of treating illnesses which ten years ago would have been fatal or unbearable. Pharmaceutical treatments have their problems, just the same as everything else, but the bigger picture must be observed and, contrary to this poll, the information MUST be presented correctly.
Other systems of medicines including homeopathy are not always an alternative but many times complementary
Evidence shows that pharmaceuticals are effective in treating disease. Do you have contrary evidence? Let’s see it, please!
The question is which is more predominant in pharmaceutical drugs: effects or side-effects?
Power to your elbow, Nan, you are the best ambassador homoeopathy could have. This poll of yours is just the business! 
The best ambassadors of homeopathy are those who have been benefited by its medicine
Anecdotes are better than scientific studies? Sure thing.
I wonder why you impart more importance to anecdotes rather than scientific studies.
Not from the NHS, but public funding of research would be a good idea as there wouldn’t be the shareholder pressure to get the ‘right’ result. Biotech companies could then bid to produce the end product under licence.
But in that case we have to ensure research is independent, not influenced by pharmaceutical giants.
The way the UK NHS is going, it will soon be bankrupt, and then they will not be able to afford expensive drugs anyway…..in comes homeopathy!! It’s only a matter of time, be patient.
Most drugs don’t work in curing the problem – this is done so that the NHS keeps funding the prescriptions of expensive drugs untill the patient dies. There is a book written by Phillip Day – Health Wars. In this book he argues how the multinationals have a vested interest in keeping us ill because this is the only way that they will continue making mega-millions.
Do you mean to say it’s all about business not health. if that is true, its bad for everyone especially patients. NHS must reform in order to survive.
NHS should leave on public descretion , to whom they want their treatment to be done, it may be Homoepathic , natural , alopathic or any other certified treatment , by doing this way the expenses of NHS would drastically reduce because other treatments including homeopathy is a lot cheaper than the (conventional ) alopathic treatments.
Patients must have their say because they are the major stakeholders in their health.
The result of a guardian poll is out. View it at https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/118155543966610138398/albums/5437086374976766369/5722590796809036898
I would have preferred the question – should studies of the safety and efficacy of pharmaceutical drugs be publicly funded and at arm’s length to the drug companies marketing the treatments. But surely, if public monies are being used to pay for treatments, they should be evidence based and most pharmaceutical products are not backed by independent evidence.
I think the time has to come critically examine which of the conventional treatments are evidence-based and which not.
Hi Asim
You think people should get the treatment they want?
Great, I have a system of medicine that requires regular intake of Real Ale. Should I be able to have Real Ale funded by the NHS (complementary therapies include crisps and peanuts)?
So where is the scientific evidence for Homeopathy?
Hi Tony….
I think you did not read the complete comment, it has mentioned “Certified Treatment” not the treatment you are doing sitting in your home…… Thanks
Hi Caroline….
Please see the following link …. thanks
UK must follow the footsteps of Switzerland in independent and transparent evaluation of medical systems so that the best of the medical treatments are available for her citizens
Nancy, please be clear for everyone, the “Dr” is not an actual accredited medical doctor’s degree is it?
The legal status of homeopathy medicine in India is on an equal footing with conventional [Bachelor of Medical and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)], Ayurveda (recognised since 1969), Unani, and Siddha medicine since 1973. More details at http://drnancymalik.wordpress.com/about/
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