I don't support the modern allopathic medical practices, Stinging nettles, turmeric, cayenne pepper, dandelion, blueberries and many other inexpensive natural products are better for disease prevention and cure than most high priced pills from big pharma in my opinion.
you are 83 and in the UK. you dont need to pay for medication. so no personal cost to you. thus a bad argument to make as to your reason to not be allopathic
also the NHS actually operates the opposite way. if a medication is too expensive they do not allow patients to easily access it. the CQC actually prevent access to certain medications due to cost, even if the medication would actually help a patient more than the unbranded cheap symptom solver alternatives
when in nature and having a allergic reaction. no doc-leaf will solve a full on anaphylactic shock
the NHS would rather give a patient X low cost medications that just deal with the symptoms, instead of paying for the expensive treatment that deals with the underlying issue that causes symptoms
if you knew how cheap the "easy access" medications doctors happily prescribe are. and compare it to your retail price of your hollistic approach of vitamins and such. you will start to see how propaganda has turned you into a consumer spending more money
the NHS budget for good treatment is restricted due to tax budgets, which are syphoned into political regimes of funding non domestic campaigns. and corporate bailouts
dont avoid the needed public services our taxes should pay for. dont fall into the propaganda trap of wanting to dismantle the needed public services, purely to allow politicians to then use tax budgets on things that do not benefit us