Aromatherapy paid for by the British Government
Aromatherapy on NHS for patients with brain injuries
PATIENTS recovering from strokes and brain injuries are to receive aromatherapy
on the National Health Service.
NHS Lothian has agreed to fund the
aromatherapy after patients said their health improved after receiving
treatment.
I think this is a a very interesting article on aromatherapy. The fact that the British government is funding aromatherapy in hospitals shows that aromatherapy is gaining more mainstream acceptance.
SNP health spokeswoman Shona Robison added that aromatherapy was now regarded as
a mainstream therapy.
She said: “I would say there is a limited role for the
NHS to fund recognised complimentary therapies in some cases but I think there
has to be some evidence of them working and their use would have to be monitored
carefully.”
It seems that initially a charity group was providing aromatherapy to patients on a volunteer basis, but the results were so positive that the goverment has agreed to continuing funding the work.
We’ll have to see if hospitals in the United States will take a similar atance on aromatherapy.
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