What did the Select Committee on Science and Technology conclude?
The Select Committee on Science and Technology concluded that: • There is no evidence that homeopathy works beyond the placebo effect, which is a position that the Government agrees with. • By providing homeopathy on the NHS, the Government runs the risk of appearing to endorse it as a working system of medicine. There is also the danger that when doctors prescribe placebos, they risk damaging the trust that exists between them and their patients. • Given that the existing scientific literature shows no good evidence of efficacy, further clinical trials of homeopathy are not justified.
