All things must pass
Mark Taylor, CEO of the Society of Homeopaths (SoH) has retired after five years in post. Over those five years, he has overseen all sorts of shenanigans, a marked decline in membership numbers as well...
View ArticleGood Thinking Society Judicial Review
The Good Thinking Society (GTS) have been granted permission by the High Court for judicial review of the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) decision to accredit the Society of Homeopaths...
View ArticleData Project
As certain previous posts demonstrate, the content of various homeopaths websites and social media has been analysed for certain problem content. See this example about vaccination. This is a laborious...
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UK Homeopathy's response to media coverage etc
There have been a lot of media reports on UK homeopathy recently. Most of them focus on anti-vaccination but mention has been made of CEASE therapy and the Good Thinking Society's legal challenge to...
View ArticleWhat next for the Society of Homeopaths?
"We will not apologise for our existence and grovel before allopaths and homoeopathic doctors. There should be complete support from government for lay homoeopaths."2019 was not a good year for UK...
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How bad is anti-vaccination among (and for) homeopaths?
This blog has looked several times at anti-vaccination sentiment among homeopaths (here, here and here). These posts give a flavour of how extreme homeopaths can be in their opinions as well as at...
View ArticleAccreditation of the Society of Homeopaths
As predicted, the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) has conditionally accredited the Society of Homeopaths (SoH). The Accreditation Report is largely what was expected.What was not expected was...
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Judicial Review withdrawn and other stories
The Good Thinking Society (GTS) have withdrawn their judicial review of the Professional Standards Authority's (PSA) decision to unconditionally accredit the Society of Homeopaths (SoH).This is because...
View ArticleCoronavirus antics #1
This blog post was started some time ago but rapidly changing events have caused several rewrites. This post will be short - the longer the post the more quickly it will be out of date. There will be...
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Coronavirus antics #2
The last post only touched on certain certain issues. Some will be explored in greater depth. Also, things have moved on slightly...UpdateFirst, a little background. The first time that UK media...
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Coronavirus antics #3
Previous posts (here and here) have focused mostly on the antics of UK lay homeopaths. This post will focus mainly on the UK homeopathic pharmacies.There is something of a surprise too.Vital service?It...
View Article"Mr Homeopathy" and his magic COVID-19 remedy
"Mr Homeopathy" is Dana Ullman, a California based lay homeopath.DANA ULLMAN, MPH, CCH, is one of America’s leading advocates for homeopathy. He has authored 10 books, including The Homeopathic...
View ArticleSociety of Homeopaths - update on Accreditation with Conditions
The situation with the Society of Homeopaths (SoH) and their Accreditation by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) is somewhat unclear. That Accreditation had a Condition placed on it and there...
View ArticleRemote working and Homeopathy
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, it was increasingly common for UK homeopaths to offer consultations via platforms like Skype, Facetime and so on. Problems with this have been touched on before in...
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Minor developments
Things are not looking good for the Society of Homeopaths (SoH), especially regarding their Professional Standards Authority (PSA) Accreditation.There are expected to be some major developments on that...
View ArticleSociety of Homeopaths - Withdraw from Accreditation scheme?
The Society of Homeopaths' (SoH) ongoing problems with anti-vaccination make it difficult to continue with Professional Standards Authority (PSA) Accreditation. The SoH seems unwilling and/or incapable...
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Big trouble for the Society of Homeopaths
It was always going to be the case that the Society of Homeopaths (SoH) would find it very difficult to deal with the problem of anti-vaccination sentiment. It's a problem that is endemic to UK...
View ArticleCrunch time?
The last post talked about the Society of Homeopaths (SoH) and media reporting of its problems. It also discussed the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) calling an emergency in-year review of the...
View ArticleA Simple Question
The last post mentioned that the Society of Homeopaths (SoH) was attempting to engage with its members. The timining of this engagement was highly suggestive of it having something to do with the...
View ArticleGame over for the Society of Homeopaths?
The in-year review of the Society of Homeopaths (SoH) Accreditation by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) has completed. The PSA did not remove Accreditation. Instead it imposed addition...
View ArticleCliff edge
What is going on with the Society of Homeopaths (SoH) and the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) has become a little clearer. Things have moved on since the last blog post. The SoH recently told...
View ArticleVery bad times for the Society of Homeopaths
Something very bad has happened to the Society of Homeopaths (SoH). The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) has suspended their Accredited Register status for twelve months and it is very unlikely...
View ArticleConsultation on the future shape of the Accredited Registers programme
Below is my response to the Professional Standards Authority consultation. A future post will discuss the Accredited Registers scheme in more depth. It helps to read this first.Question 1: Do you...
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Society of Homeopaths surrender Accreditation
The Society of Homeopaths (SoH) recently announced that it has withdrawn for the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) Accredited Register (AR) scheme.This is not unexpected. It taken quite a while...
View ArticleBroken promises
The Society of Homeopaths (SoH) has withdrawn from the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) Accredited Registers (AR) scheme as discussed here.The ProblemWhen the SoH withdrew from the Accreditation...
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