Liverpool residents vote to stop homeopathy funding by CCG

Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has decided to end funding for homeopathy after months of public consultation. The move follows a legal challenge by the Good Thinking Society, a charity that has campaigned against homeopathy funding on the NHS.

Currently, NHS Liverpool CCG commissions homeopathy services to a maximum contract value of £30 000 a year. From April 2014 to April 2015 this service saw 121 new patients and held 447 follow-up appointments with existing patients. The service is …