NHS Tayside – cutting 500 jobs in the next year in a £30million economy drive – has advertised for a “specialty doctor in homeopathy,” who is required to hold only two sessions a week.

The board insists the £68,000-a-year homeopathic specialist, based in Dundee, will bring “real benefits” to people who are recovering from illnesses such as cancer.

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A British Medical Association Scotland spokesman said: “The BMA’s recently adopted policy states the Association believes there should be no further NHS funding for homeopathy.

“The basis for this is that homeopathic remedies don’t have a scientific evidence base to support their use.

“The BMA believes limited and scarce NHS resources should only be used to support medicines and treatment shown to be effective.”

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/192956/NHS-alternative-therapy-blast

The British Humanist Association position on homeopathy is that NHS funding should not be directed to delivering homeopathic remedies where the overwhelming evidence is that they offer no clinical benefit or function only as a placebo.