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Homeopathy: Medicine for the 21st Century (H:MC21) was launched in 2007 'to expose the ill-founded and propagandist nature of the attacks on homeopathy and to defend the right of people in the UK to choose homeopathy as a therapy within the National Health Service, as set out in its charter'. And they are very concerned about the new Medicines Act proposals. As they say, it is a good thing that the Medicines Acts are to be consolidate and simplified, but, if the propsals go ahead as they stand, they could seriously affect our access to homeopathic medicines. If the current proposals by the MHRA are endorsed by government the following would occur: You would no longer able to get homeopathic medicines by phone or online Homeopaths would not be able to dispense or prescribe medicines Patients would have to get homeopathic medicines personally at a handful of licenced homeopathic pharmacies in Britain If this concerns you, as it should, whether or not you use homeopathic remedies yourself, please take a few minutes to contat your MP. HMC21 has set out the bones of a letter for you to use and given the relevant contact details here on their site. You could also sign an Avaaz.org petition here. May 2012
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