DARK HOURS BEFORE DAWN Floating to the surface of sleep, I felt my tears, heavy, wet, unstoppable. Yet they were easing the heaviness that lay between my heart and my throat, filling the dark empty well where my heart had once…
Complementary Medicine Roundup – September 2019
Starting at the end Photoby Marion Eaton As you may know, my husband, Richard Eaton, died on June 14th this year. Michael Dixon wrote a very touching tribute to him saying that his death was a great loss to…
College of Medicine tribute to Richard Eaton
It is with great sadness that the College of Medicine must report that Richard Eaton died on 14th June 2019. Richard was a giant of a man in every respect, but a very gentle and softly spoken one. He was sole…
Complementary Medicine Roundup – May 2019
It will not have escaped the notice of readers that when I refer to the “The College of Medicine” or to“the College” I should, to be correct, use the full title of “The College of Medicine and Integrated Health”. Even a…
Complementary Medicine Roundup – February 2019
A NEW HORIZON FOR CAM In his speech at the Federation of Holistic Therapies Conference 2018 on 29.11.18, Dr Michael Dixon, who is a practising GP (College Surgery, Culm Valley Integrated Centre For Health) and the Chairman of The College of…
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)…
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…
Homeopathy: Theories of Mechanisms
SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MECHANISTIC THEORIES THAT UNDERLIE HOMEOPATHY: CONFERENCE AT THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE, LONDON (14.07.18) ‘…This conference was organised by integrative medicine consultant Lord Kenneth Ward-Atherton alongside the British Homeopathic Association. One of its overarching aims was…
Complementary medicine roundup June 2018
Complementary medicine roundup June 2018 by Richard Eaton The freedom to practise and to receive Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) is under scrutiny as never before. Its contribution to healthcare is being questioned in the public (NHS) and charitable sectors…
Complementary medicine roundup March 2018.
COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE NEWSLETTER – MARCH 2018 In this issue, my principle focus is on cancer and the use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). I also continue the theme of my December 2017 blog that CAM practitioners should be properly recognised by the public…
Complementary medicine roundup December 2017
This is a clarion-call for healthcare organisations and medical research establishments to promote and to condone the effectiveness, efficacy and cost-effectiveness of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) as a contributor to integrative medicine and healthcare, including within the National Health…
Complementary medicine’s true potential cannot be unlocked without robust evidence for its use
Professor Debbie Sharp questions what needs to happen nationally to develop a proper evidence base for effective complementary therapies… The fashion for delivering complementary therapies on the NHS has waxed and waned over many years, since well before the fashion…
Complementary medicine roundup August 2017
The Charity Commission’s Consultation: The use and promotion of complementary and alternative medicine – Making decisions about charitable status, (13.03.17): The deadline for responses to the Charity Commission’s Consultation about the charitable status of CAM expired on 19th May (see…
Review: Business Guide for Health Therapists and Practitioners of CAM
Richard Eaton’s book is available: As an e-book(with hyperlinks) from a variety of digital stores at www.books2read.com/BG4HT and as a coil-bound paperback) from www.lulu.com (Bookstore) . In print and as an ebook from Amazon. Price: £6.00
Commissioning cost-saving complementary medicine is the future for integrated health
Retired barrister Richard Eaton blogs on why both complementary and conventional medical practitioners – and their patients – should be lobbying the Government on the increased use of complementary medicine in mainstream care… In October 2005, further to its commission…
Complementary medicine roundup May 2017
SOME CHALLENGES FOR CAM PRACTITIONERS AND ORGANISATIONS: Like any professional, a practitioner of complementary or alternative medicine (CAM) will, from time to time, have their practice specialism questioned or challenged. Similarly, an organisation using or promoting CAM will also be…
February complementary medicine roundup 2017
On the 20th November last year the editor of the Sunday Times newspaper published a letter under the headline Royal Commission can cure NHS. The letter was submitted by 65 medical professional signatories, including the oncologist Professor Karol Sikora who…
November complementary medicine roundup 2016
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners treating patients with cancer will be relieved that The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has decided to retain ‘improving supportive and palliative care for adults with cancer’. A new NICE Guideline is…
September complementary medicine roundup 2016
Complementary Medicine Practitioners who aim to provide their treatment specialism within an integrated healthcare system will require a comprehensive resource of information, including evidence-based research, to support and enhance their practice. So Clinical Aromatherapists will want to congratulate the editors…
