NHS plans to scrap homeopathy treatments
NHS England has announced plans to stop doctors prescribing homeopathy, herbal and other "low value" treatments.It hopes to save almost £200m a year by ending what the head of the service called a "misuse of scarce" NHS funds. Prescriptions for conditions including diarrhoea, thrush, acne and acute pain are among those up for review.But the plans to scrap prescriptions for common health problems have been criticised by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society for hitting poorer families.The RPS argues that low earners will be "disproportionately affected".NHS England said 18 treatments - such as homeopathy and some types of pain relief - cost the taxpayer £141m a year and generally should not be prescribed.Simon Stevens, NHS England chief executive, said he was determined to "root out" waste and i...