 Following a threat of legal action by the Good Thinking Society campaign group in 2015, the British government stated that the Department of Health would hold a consultation in 2016 regarding whether homeopathic treatments should be added to the Schedule 1 list.In 2017 GPs were told not to prescribe homeopathic medicines, but there were actually 3,300 prescriptions for "homeopathic preparations" in 2018, which cost a total of £55,044.This was less than half the number prescribed in 2014.