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Recent years have seen an unprecedented growth of interest in homeopathy around the world. This has been part of the surge of interest in complementary and alternative therapies driven by worries about environmental problems such as chemicals in foods and anxieties about the side-effects and failings of many conventional drugs and treatments. People are also dissatisfied with medicine which fails to treat them as individuals and sees them as clinical conditions instead. In addition patients want their practitioners to take the time to listen to them.

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Homeopathy is particularly well-placed to respond to these desires. It is a gentle, safe system which concentrates on a holistic approach and it requires the practitioner to listen carefully and well. More and more patients are choosing homeopathy. The sale of homeopathic medicines in pharmacies is increasing between 15% and 20% a year. More and more doctors are choosing homeopathy for their patients. Referrals to the NHS homeopathic hospitals continue to rise, with an increase of 31% in referrals to the Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital in 1997 alone. A survey in Glasgow has shown recorded referrals to the Glasgow Homoeopathic Hospital from every GP practice in Glasgow over a two-year period. When Lothian set up a new clinic in 1994, 40% of all the GP practices in the area had referred a patient to it within the first four weeks and every practice had done so within eight months. More and more doctors want to learn homeopathy. Over 25% of Scottish GPs have taken some basic Faculty-accredited training in homeopathy. An increasing number of nurses, midwives, pharmacists, dentists, vets, podiatrists and other health care professionals are learning homeopathy at Faculty-accredited centres.

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