Ok to take this a bit more sensibly.
It is only in recent years that you need a degree/diploma to practice Nursing, Physiotherapy, ocupational therapy, pharmacy, radiography and lots of other professions allied to medicine.
Prior to that it was on the job traing and just over 100 years ago there weren't these professions. Nurses did any rehabilitation that is now the job of physio's and OT's. Pharmasists and apocathries had no formal traing what-so-ever.
Can we live without these professions now???? There has been a call for more evidence based practice and the NHS is crying out for universities to increase their intake into these courses.
Homeopathic treatments have scientific worth just there is not the evidence. This is the same with Phjysiotherapy Treatments yet how many of us have visited a Physio. Hydrotherapy, Acupuncture, electrotherapies, massage are all considered Alternative treatments yet they have an important place in Physiotherapy! There is also Little evidence that they are of any physical benefit in many conditions that they are used to treat!
The uptake on people seeking out these treatments as an alternative to Traditional medicine is huge, especially with the waiting lists and Purchaser/provider split that is currently in play in England and Wales (scotland got rid of that ages ago! ).
Is it not the next logical step afte HND/HNC's that you are able to obtain a degree in your chosen field. This is the way in which the country is moving.
As for it being a science degree...It's basis is in Chemistry and all professions allied to medicine are science degrees. Why should this one be any different??
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