Society urges NICE to include homeopathy in end-of-life guidelines

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    [post_content] => The Society has renewed its call for the provision of complementary and alternative medicine to be reinstated to official guidelines for end-of-life care.

In its response to plans for palliative and supportive care published by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), the Society says it is disappointed the body has chosen to ignore the potential benefits of CAM, adding that homeopathy is clinically effective and cost-effective and has been shown to be valued by patients at the end of their lives.

“We think this is a serious omission and call upon NICE to reconsider,” said chief executive Mark Taylor. “By not advising on the provision of CAM, such services will become exclusive to those able to pay for them privately and patient choice within the NHS will disappear.”

NICE’s guidelines aimed to ensure that patients’ access to end-of-life services were tailored to their needs and wishes with all concerns and problems identified and addressed, Mark added.

“Homeopathy is perfectly placed to support such a person-centred approach to management of symptoms. It provides a unique role in management of the side effects of conventional drugs and increasing autonomy at this vulnerable point in peoples’ lives.”

Other key points in the Society's response included:

 	
Care by homeopaths is tailored to the individual and takes the whole person into account.
 	
Most health economic studies associate homeopathy with reducing direct, indirect and
intangible healthcare costs while increasing quality of life.
 	
Concern over side-effects tends to be the key reason why patients seek help from a homeopath.

Members can view the response in full here
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The Society has renewed its call for the provision of complementary and alternative medicine to be reinstated to official guidelines for end-of-life care.

In its response to plans for palliative and supportive care published by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), the Society says it is disappointed the body has chosen to ignore the potential benefits of CAM, adding that homeopathy is clinically effective and cost-effective and has been shown to be valued by patients at the end of their lives.

“We think this is a serious omission and call upon NICE to reconsider,” said chief executive Mark Taylor. “By not advising on the provision of CAM, such services will become exclusive to those able to pay for them privately and patient choice within the NHS will disappear.”

NICE’s guidelines aimed to ensure that patients’ access to end-of-life services were tailored to their needs and wishes with all concerns and problems identified and addressed, Mark added.

“Homeopathy is perfectly placed to support such a person-centred approach to management of symptoms. It provides a unique role in management of the side effects of conventional drugs and increasing autonomy at this vulnerable point in peoples’ lives.”

Other key points in the Society’s response included:

• Care by homeopaths is tailored to the individual and takes the whole person into account.
• Most health economic studies associate homeopathy with reducing direct, indirect and
  intangible healthcare costs while increasing quality of life.
• Concern over side-effects tends to be the key reason why patients seek help from a homeopath.

Members can view the response in full here