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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor David Tredinnick (Conservative), on Monday, 21 June 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 23 members in total.

BMA ANNUAL REPRESENTATIVE MEETING MOTIONS ON HOMEOPATHY

That this House expresses concern at motions 301, 301a, 301b, 301c, 301d, 301e and 301f at this year's British Medical Association's (BMA) Annual Representative Meeting, which calls for no further commissioning of, nor funding for, homeopathic remedies in the NHS; believes that the BMA has overstepped its remit by making such statements without proper consultation with its own membership that practice homeopathy and, more importantly, with the tens of thousands of patients who depend on homeopathy; thinks that an integrated NHS, which employs the best from the orthodox and complementary, and which empowers patients, could deliver better and more cost-effective outcomes at a time of financial prudence; and calls on the Government to maintain its policy of allowing decision-making on individual clinical interventions, including homeopathy, to remain in the hands of local NHS service providers and practitioners who are best placed to know their community's needs.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

BMA ANNUAL REPRESENTATIVE MEETING MOTIONS ON HOMEOPATHY (284A1)
The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Julian Huppert (primary, Liberal Democrat) and tabled on Thursday, 24 June 2010. It has been signed by 11 members in total.
leave out from `expresses' to end and insert `support for the right of the BMA to express its views about the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of any putative health treatment and the appropriateness of the NHS commissioning such treatments; notes that the motions of the 2010 BMA Annual Representative Meeting dealing with homeopathy endorse the findings of the recent report from the Fourth Report of the Science and Technology Select Committee of Session 2009-10 on Evidence Check 2: Homeopathy Fourth Report of Session, HC45, namely that the evidence base is clear that homeopathy is not effective beyond placebo and that scarce NHS funds should not be spent commissioning it at a time when, due to cost, the health service is not able to provide its patients even with treatments that have been shown to be effective in clinical trials; and further welcomes the view of the BMA that healthcare should be based on good evidence of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness.'.

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
284 
284A1 
Session
2010-12
Other sponsors
Joan Walley
Gordon Birtwistle
Bob Stewart
Robert Halfon
Baroness Berger
Steve Brine
Subjects
Health services
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk