The NHS is using its newfound billions well, by seeking a “Spiritual Healer” for Lincoln County Hospital. £24,157 has been earmarked for the 15 hours-per-week role. The salary would alternatively be enough to hire a real nurse full time…

The role is open to anyone who is “qualified and experienced as a Spiritual Healer /Reiki Therapist with 1 year or more of experience.” More seance than science…

This NHS pseudoscience is the sort of nonsense Guido would have expected had homoeopathy-loving Jeremy Corbyn been elected…

UPDATE: The NHS is defending the advertising of their “Spiritual Healer” position, getting in touch with Guido to say the NHS-advertised position is “fully funded by a charity, not by United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust.” Guido can think of some better uses for that charity money than quack science…

The NHS press department went on to say that “some people say they benefit from therapies to help manage the impact of serious illness.” It’s unclear why these therapies have to involve antiscientific nonsense about ‘universal energy’…