Herbal campaign for Government statutory regulation for herbalists. After two public consolations In February 2011, the Secretary of State for Health announced that UK herbalists were to be statutorily regulated. The campaigners believe the failure to implement statutory regulation for herbal medicine practices woud be harmful. For example the public has lost access to a wide range of herbal medicines previously available from practitioners. The herbal campaigners assert that well regulated professional guidance on the use of herbal medicines will make an important contribution to public health as the NHS budget is subject to increasing pressure. Herbal medicine offers a cost effective alternative for many common conditions. Placard reads: "Support Statutory Regulation of Herbalists". Outside Parliament, London 24 April 2013
Date: 24/04/2013
Location: outside Parliament, UK
Photographer: Richard Keith Wolff
