New NHS quackery row: Hospitals accused of ‘telling fairy stories’ to patients as one in ten is found offering ‘energy healing’, flower remedies and other unproven treatments
The NHS has been accused of embracing ‘dangerous quackery’ by giving reiki energy-healing and other unproven treatments to cancer patients. More than one in 10 cancer units in England were found to offer the alternative therapies, despite scientific evidence they do not work. Researcher Leslie Rose, a member of the Royal Society of Biology, surveyed … Read more