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Divert the £4,000,000 spent on Homeopathy to a Mental Health Awareness Campaign.

Submitted on Monday 27th June 2016

Published on Wednesday 13th July 2016

Current status: Closed

Closed: Friday 13th January 2017

Signatures: 50

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Money ~ NHS ~ Parliament ~ UK

Petition Action

Divert the £4,000,000 spent on Homeopathy to a Mental Health Awareness Campaign.

Petition Details

Every year, the NHS spends around £4 to £5 million on Homeopathy, a remedial pratice which has been repeatedly examined and found to have no long term health benefit other than placebo. This money could find better use as a national mental health awareness campaign to help curtail MH stigmatisation.

Additional Information

A 2010 review into homeopathy found that it was a 'placebo treatment'.
http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-archive/science-technology/s-t-homeopathy-inquiry/

This is an example of a mental health campaign which could be better funded with the extra money available from ceasing to fund homeopathy.
http://www.time-to-change.org.uk/


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