Post by Mr. Jon Donnis on Mar 4, 2010 9:29:17 GMT
Petition the Prime Minister to Implement the recommendations of the House Commons Science and Technology committee evidence check on Homeopathy
The House Commons Science and Technology committee has recently undertaken an evidence check on the usefulness of homeopathy and has now published its report.
The conclusions are unequivocal. They say "To maintain patient trust, choice and safety, the Government should not endorse the use of placebo treatments, including homeopathy. Homeopathy should not be funded on the NHS and the MHRA should stop licensing homeopathic products."
The government should implement these recommendations as soon as possible.
Sign the petition at
petitions.number10.gov.uk/nohomeopathy
Submitted by Dave Cross – Deadline to sign up by: 24 February 2011
The Committee exists to ensure that Government policy and decision-making are based on good scientific and engineering advice and evidence.
The Science and Technology Committee is unusual amongst departmental select committees in that it scrutinises the Government Office for Science (GO-Science), which is a “semi-autonomous organisation” based within the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). GO-Science “supports the Government Chief Scientific Adviser and works to ensure that Government policy and decision-making is underpinned by robust scientific evidence”. The Committee therefore has a similarly broad remit and can examine the activities of departments where they have implications for, or made use of, science, engineering, technology and research.
The Science and Technology Committee was re-established on 1 October 2009. There was previously a Science and Technology Committee which was wound-up in 2007 and replaced by the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee, which scrutinised both the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) and science. Following the reorganisation of Whitehall announced by the Prime Minister in June 2009 DIUS became part of BIS and the House of Commons re-established a Science and Technology Committee focused on science. (There is a new, separate select committee, Business, Innovation and Skills, scrutinising BIS.) The new Science and Technology Committee has the same membership and Chairman as the former Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee.
www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/science_technology.cfm
The House Commons Science and Technology committee has recently undertaken an evidence check on the usefulness of homeopathy and has now published its report.
The conclusions are unequivocal. They say "To maintain patient trust, choice and safety, the Government should not endorse the use of placebo treatments, including homeopathy. Homeopathy should not be funded on the NHS and the MHRA should stop licensing homeopathic products."
The government should implement these recommendations as soon as possible.
Sign the petition at
petitions.number10.gov.uk/nohomeopathy
Submitted by Dave Cross – Deadline to sign up by: 24 February 2011
The Committee exists to ensure that Government policy and decision-making are based on good scientific and engineering advice and evidence.
The Science and Technology Committee is unusual amongst departmental select committees in that it scrutinises the Government Office for Science (GO-Science), which is a “semi-autonomous organisation” based within the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). GO-Science “supports the Government Chief Scientific Adviser and works to ensure that Government policy and decision-making is underpinned by robust scientific evidence”. The Committee therefore has a similarly broad remit and can examine the activities of departments where they have implications for, or made use of, science, engineering, technology and research.
The Science and Technology Committee was re-established on 1 October 2009. There was previously a Science and Technology Committee which was wound-up in 2007 and replaced by the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee, which scrutinised both the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) and science. Following the reorganisation of Whitehall announced by the Prime Minister in June 2009 DIUS became part of BIS and the House of Commons re-established a Science and Technology Committee focused on science. (There is a new, separate select committee, Business, Innovation and Skills, scrutinising BIS.) The new Science and Technology Committee has the same membership and Chairman as the former Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee.
www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/science_technology.cfm