The first Complementary Therapy awards celebration lunch was held on 18 October 2018 at the Cumberland Hotel, London. With an opening address from Dr Michael Dixon, chair of the College of Medicine, it was attended by guests, finalists and supporters from across the world…
College of Medicine Student of the Year Award 2018
Dr Michael Dixon presents Bogdan Chiva Giurca with College of Medicine Student of the Year Award.
The arts are an ‘indispensable tool’ in helping the NHS, Matt Hancock tells The King’s Fund
The Health and Social Care Secretary said the NHS should look to ‘social cures’ including music, dance and reading to reduce pressure on the health service. Speaking at The King’s Fund in London, Conservative minister Matt Hancock told the audience…
Student Conference 2018 A Great Success
The College of Medicine annual student conference was this year held at UCL with a theme of sustainable health and wellbeing. This sellout event was extremely well received by the attendees – you can view some images from the day…
Health Secretary unveils bespoke health advice to extend life by five years by 2035
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock has unveiled a new government healthcare strategy that hopes to extend life expectancy in the UK by five years. The Conservative plans, which will use personal data and will be officially unveiled in…
The Quest for Harmony: A unifying principle in spirituality, science, sustainability, and healthcare
The Quest for Harmony: A unifying principle in spirituality, science, sustainability, and healthcare conference to celebrate the 70th Birthday of HRH The Prince of Wales is taking place on Saturday 17th November 2018 at Canterbury Cathedral Precinct. The conference will be based…
Case study: How an impromptu acupuncture session helped prevent a hospital referral
Jens Foell is a peripatetic GP who uses acupuncture within his practice when appropriate. Here, he explains how he turned to his needle kit to treat an elderley patient presenting with acute myofascial pain… Bian Que is a prominent figure in…
Doctors should take cookery lessons to offer patients better advice on nutrition
GPs should consider taking cookery courses so they’re better placed to advise patients on healthy eating, which in turn could reduce the country’s Type 2 diabetes rate. Britain’s obesity problem is currently the worst in Europe, with around two thirds…
Student doctors need social prescribing in their toolkit: the nation’s future health depends on it
Bogdan Chiva Giurca, Chair of the National Social Prescribing Student Champion Scheme, offers insight how the current generation of trainee doctors are being taught social prescribing… Developing a national consensus for teaching social prescribing within UK medical schools, the Social…
College of Medicine welcomes Theresa May’s new policy on social prescribing to combat loneliness
The College of Medicine has welcomed the news that social prescribing will be offered within primary care by 2023. The Prime Minister announced on October 15th that GPs in England will be able to prescribe activities including dance, cookery and…
Losing weight soon after a diabetes Type 2 diagnosis could prevent long-term damage, says new research
Patients with Type 2 diabetes should try and lose weight as soon as they’re diagnosed – to have the best chance of countering the disease, says new research. Type 2 diabetes happens when the body stops producing insulin and currently…
Complementary Medicine Roundup – October 2018
Complementary Medicine Roundup October 2018 by Richard Eaton Should UK health and social care policymakers and managers do more to embrace Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)? Do UK legislators fully appreciate the social and clinical value of CAM? As the National Health Service (NHS)…
“There is still much shame surrounding ‘invisible pain’ conditions”: The Countess of Devon on how integrative medicine helps her to live better with fibromyalgia
The Countess of Devon, AJ Langer-Courtenay, first shot to fame on US television shows including My So-Called Life. After marrying her husband, Charles Courtenay, the 19th Earl of Devon, the Californian, 44, now resides in Powderham Castle, near Exeter. The…
Bristol Homeopathic Masterclass with Janet Snowdon – Saturday 10 November 2018
The Bristol Homeopathic masterclass will be held on Saturday 10 November 2018 10am-4.30pm at Engineers’ House Bristol BS8 3NB Click this link below for more details
How to best support a patient? Start actually listening to them!
Damien Ridge, Professor of Health Studies and Head of Psychology at the University of Westminster, writes on how healthcare professionals need to look more closely at patient evidence… “In thinking about the College of Medicine’s mission to empower patients, I…
Anton Chekhov Foundation garden declared open by Lady Sophie Windsor at College Surgery, Cullompton, Devon
Lady Sophie Windsor cuts the ribbon on the new Anton Chekhov Foundation garden (supported by the College of Medicine and the Anton Chekhov Foundation) for the benefit of patients at College Surgery in Cullompton.
Scientists link common painkiller to increased risk of heart problems
A popular painkiller has been linked to an increased risk of heart attacks and stroke, according to a new study published in the BMJ. Researchers at Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark found that the commonly-used painkiller diclofenac was associated with an…
Social prescribing should become ‘normal practice’ for GPs, says Health Secretary
The new Health Secretary has backed plans to dramatically increase social prescription on the NHS, saying GPs and healthcare professionals should advise patients that playing sport and being sociable are key to their health. Matt Hancock said growing evidence suggested…
Holidays could be more effective than eating well and exercise for health, study says
How much holiday people take a year could have a direct impact on health, scientists in Sweden have found. A 40-year study carried out by the University of Helsinki concluded that men who took less than three weeks’ annual leave…
When the side-effects of medicine outweigh the benefits: How over-prescribing is making us sick
South London GP James Le Fanu published his book, Too Many Pills: How Too Much Medicine is Endangering Our Health and What We Can Do About It, earlier this year. A regular writer on medicine and science for the Sunday…
Hard-to-spot ‘micro-organs’ hold key to how the body ‘remembers’ returning infections
Scientists believe they’ve come a step closer to understanding how the body ‘remembers’ to fight illnesses. Researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, Australia, say they’ve discovered ‘micro-organs’, tiny banks of cells that act as a central…
Dr Michael Dixon responds to Daily Telegraph article on ‘part-time GPs’
Responding to an article on how only one in 20 GPs want to work full-time, the College of Medicine’s founder Dr Michael Dixon’s letter to the Editor was published in the Daily Telegraph. Here’s the letter in full: SIR – I…
Cutting carbohydrates could damage health, Havard study finds
People trying to lose weight by excluding carbohydrates from their food intake could damage their long-term health, according to a new study by the Harvard School of Public Health. The research, carried out on 15,400 adults aged 45 to 64 over…
College of Medicine tribute to Dr Peter Fisher
The College of Medicine has paid tribute to Dr Peter Fisher, Director of Research at UCLH’s Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine, and physician to Her Majesty the Queen, who died in a road traffic accident in Central London on Wednesday…
Antimicrobial Resistance Inquiry
As part of its submission to the government’s antimicrobial resistance inquiry, the College of Medicine has called for more research into what many doctor’s surgeries already know: that prescribing complementary and alternative medicine can reduce reliance on antibiotics, saving money…
