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…
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…
Nurses are vital to progressive, integrated healthcare – because they have the trust of patients
Nurses earn the confidence of their patients and are often best placed to advise them on alternative care, writes Professor Dame Donna Kinnair: Nurses and midwives are in a unique position to ensure that every patient is able to access holistic…
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…
Vanbrugh Pain Management and Rehabilitation Service
Community pain rehabilitation service (Greenwich CCG) for patients whose conditions have not responded to mainstream treatment. The service was created to develop and demonstrate the relevance of anthroposophic health care for the NHS when tackling conditions generally regarded as difficult…
Living Medicine
Living Medicine is an educational charity which reskills people in how to use food and plants as medicine. It aims to develop self care learning and medicinal gardens as new resources for mainstream healthcare. The charity won a Gardening Against…
Centre for Self Management Support
The Centre for Self Management Support comprises a unique highly skilled expert team of clinicians, managers, researchers and patients.
The Green Dreams Project CIC
CoM Tags: community, GP The Green Dreams Project provides local, community-based solutions in East Lancashire to unemployment, isolation and reduced quality of life. The project prioritises those who other agencies have been unable to help. Our uniqueness is the triad…
Freshwinds Integrated Medicine programme
CoM Tags: Freshwinds, College of Medicine, Integrated Medicine programme Established in 1992 the Integrated Medicine Programme is based at Freshwinds, a unique charity based in Birmingham. Through the collective efforts of a strong team of medical and therapeutic professionals…
Fit as a Fiddle
CoM Tags: College of Medicine, innovations network, research, lifestyle fit as a fiddle is funded by the Big Lottery Fund as part of their Wellbeing programme 2013-2015. It is designed by older people for older people to help improve…
ExtraCare’s Wellbeing Service
ExtraCare’s Wellbeing Service supports older people to live as independently as possible and be proactive in managing their own health and wellbeing. Wellbeing Advisors (Registered Nurses) support residents to make informed decisions about their lifestyle and health via a…
Penny Brohn UK
CoM Tags: Bristol, Homeopathic Hospital, College of Medicine, innovations network, research, lifestyle Penny Brohn UK is an organisation that meets the support and information needs of people living with and beyond cancer and their supporters. We do this through a…
Cwm Taf complementary therapies for older people’s mental health
CoM Tags: Cwm Taff, older people, mental health The Complementary Therapy Service promotes physical, psychological and spiritual well being to service users over 65 within Older Persons Mental Health Services, as well as support to their carers where appropriate.…
George Eliot Hospital Maternity Unit
CoM Tags: aromatherapy, maternity, women, integrated health, hospital, College of Medicine, George Eliot maternity Aromatherapy was introduced into the maternity unit at the George Eliot hospital to embrace its philosophy of normal midwifery care and as a tool for aiding…
Culm Valley Integrated Centre for Health
CoM Tags: primary care, GP, NHS, College Surgery, College of Medicine, general practice, Devon The Culm Valley Integrated Centre for Health is an attempt to push the boundaries of general practice in terms of patient involvement and encouraging self help,…
Complementary Therapy and Wellbeing Service, Christie Hospital
CoM Tags: hospital, integrated health, complementary therapies, College of Medicine, This is an integrated complementary therapy service at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust. The team offers interventions and support for patients free at the point of delivery. They are…
Bristol Homeopathic Hospital
CoM Tags: Bristol, Homeopathic Hospital, College of Medicine, innovations network, research, lifestyle We deliver the best of NHS homeopathic care to the South West region and the Midlands. Our vision is to engage with patients to improve symptoms and…
