Ahem.

So it will take me a while to get used to the formatting on this site.

For those of you unable to read invisible ink, here are the quotes from the last post...

Ms Thornberry MP:

[Y]ou can assured [sic] that I am not intending to sign the EDM in question.

However, I know that many patients are happy with the treatment they receive from homeopaths, and it seems to me that making people with chronic conditions feel a bit better is a worthwhile endeavour for the NHS.

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Whilst I do not intend to sign the EDM, my view is that Select Committees should consider carefully how they select witnesses to avoid possible imbalance.

SciTech Committee:

Prescribing of placebos is not consistent with informed patient choice—which the Government claims is very important—as it means patients do not have all the information needed to make choice meaningful.

Beyond ethical issues and the integrity of the doctor-patient relationship, prescribing pure placebos is bad medicine. Their effect is unreliable and unpredictable and cannot form the sole basis of any treatment on the NHS.