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Is this most callous Prime Minister ever?

In all fairness there is zero credible, good quality evidence that it works. There's heaps of "evidence" that it works, it's just that is it crap research.

NHS becomes first healthcare system in the world to publish numbers of avoidable deaths

This can be found here:

http://www.dcscience.net/in-memoriam/the-diary-june-2013-may-2014/#060813

This just demonstrates the author's complete failure to understand the NHS.

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Ann Carey Tobin, MD said: “You are fortunate to have a GP that fits that description.” As far as I can tell, it’s pretty universal, certainly here in the UK. But to get back to the topic: how does that differ from other ‘modalities’ and what justifies that description for homeopathy?