As I write this, two married Australian homeopaths are spending their first nights in gaol as they begin prison sentences for six and four years respectively for the manslaughter of their baby daughter, Gloria. This is a tragic, not least…
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Homeopaths: Do You Really Want Statutory Regulation?
by Andy Lewis • • 11 Comments
This is an open letter to all homeopaths in the UK. It has been a bit of a surprise to me to learn that the Society of Homeopaths is wanting to lobby the Health Professions Council to include homeopathy within…
Nutritional Therapists Fail to Join Ofquack
by Andy Lewis • • 17 Comments
The Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council, Ofquack, is having an appalling start to its life. Needing 10,000 people to join its register in the first year to break even, it has collected less than 300 names. This should be put…
The Failure of Openness at Ofquack
by Andy Lewis • • 12 Comments
I was going to call this post “The Failure of IT at Ofquack”, but I think the failure is a little deeper than computers. The Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council have recently put the following announcement up on their web…
Will the Government Bail Out Ofquack?
by Andy Lewis • • 17 Comments
It does not take a lot of analysis to realise that the newly formed Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council is going to be in a desperate financial state quite soon. The CNHC, or Ofquack to its friends, was launched this…
Prince Charles’ Ofquack is a Dead Duck
by Andy Lewis • • 17 Comments
Prince Charles’ Foundation for Integrated Health and its new regulatory quango, the Natural Healthcare Council (or Ofquack, as it is bound to become known), is due to launch in April. Ofquack is designed to be an ‘independent self-regulatory body for…
