Should NHS funding of homeopathy be banned?

no

I had whopping cough 10 months ago and have been ill ever since with non stopcoughing and constant colds.

After two lots of antibiotics the GP told me i would eventually get over it and would just have to learn to live with the cough! This has not been a good 10 months as i cough all through the night and don't sleep. I had beento GP lots as was starting to get very down and feel very depressed about constant ill health

However 2 weeks ago i had an appt with a homeopathist (not through NHS) she immediately diagnosed i still have the whooping cough virus and gave me specific treatment for that which included being givien minute quantity of whooping cough virus which would not have been available from GP. Two weeks later i feel 10 times better and am hardly coughing at all

Hopefully will not have to go back to gp - saving his time and money.

Yes cos they might as well fund the local Witchdoctor while they're at it!

I think that belief has a lot to do with health,if people believe a placebo works it often does,and there are people that believe homeopathy works,not me personally,but weather it should be NHS funded i dont think so the NHS should spend more on the things proven to work like the expensive drugs that cancer patients need.

No, Homoeopathy has it's place in Medicine.

I know of medical doctors who use it-so there is a good chance it is effective for some things- Any alternative medicine that has been proven to help patients should be made available on the NHS---Isn't that right JARED L?
I doubt if it kills scores of patients through side effects ,like modern / scientific medicine.

no - I think its the way forward for minor ailments.
My mum has a cupboard full of herbal stuff and she has a remedy for everything - I never go to the doctors when I'm ill now, I just ask her!.

Yes,as a good psychiatrist would be far better.

no.

No if it helps only one person its a blessing, :)

The NHS should only spend money on evidence-based medicines.

If people want to pay for their own quack treatments then I suppose that has to be tolerated.