Faculty of Homœopathy Act 1950
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to incorporate and confer powers upon the Faculty of Homœopathy and for other purposes.
Citation14 Geo. 6. c. xx
Dates
Royal assent12 July 1950
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted

The Faculty of Homeopathy was formed in 1944 from the British Homeopathic Society (founded in 1844). It was incorporated by the Faculty of Homeopathy Act 1950, which confers an educational function on the Faculty.[1][2] The Faculty promotes the development of homeopathy.[3]

Homeopathy is a form of alternative medicine that is generally considered ineffective and a form of pseudoscience.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Prince Charles became a patron of the organisation in 2019.[11][12][13][14]

Membership

The Faculty claims "over 500 members worldwide". Membership is open to statutorily registered healthcare professionals with student membership available to undergraduates in medical courses.[15]

Training

Faculty-Accredited courses in homeopathy are taught at four locations in the UK and four overseas.[16] After specified training periods, students are eligible to sit for the specialist examinations, which lead to the Faculty's qualifications: LFHom, MFHom (for dentists, doctors, nurses, pharmacists and podiatrists), VetMFHom (for veterinary surgeons) and DFHom (for pharmacists and podiatrists).[citation needed] The qualifications do not themselves confer any legal qualification to practise homeopathy.[17]

Publications

The Faculty publishes Homeopathy (formerly the British Homoeopathic Journal -BHJ). This journal was first published in 1844, as the British Journal of Homoeopathy (BJH), which became the BHJ in 1911.

Simile is a regular newsletter for members.

Notes

  1. ^ Roberta Bivins (2008), Alternative Medicine?: A History, Oxford University Press, p. 106, ISBN 978-0-19-921887-5
  2. ^ Faculty of Homeopathy Act 1950 (1950 c. xx), s. 4
  3. ^ How the Faculty works, Faculty of Homeopathy, retrieved 4 December 2014
  4. ^ Ernst, E. (2002), "A systematic review of systematic reviews of homeopathy", British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 54 (6): 577–82, doi:10.1046/j.1365-2125.2002.01699.x, PMC 1874503, PMID 12492603
  5. ^ Science and Technology Committee, Evidence Check 2: Homeopathy, UK Parliamentary
  6. ^ Homeopathy, National Health Service, retrieved 4 December 2014
  7. ^ Altunc, U.; Pittler, M. H.; Ernst, E. (2007), "Homeopathy for Childhood and Adolescence Ailments: Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials", Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 82 (1): 69–75, CiteSeerX 10.1.1.456.5352, doi:10.4065/82.1.69, PMID 17285788, However, homeopathy is not totally devoid of risks… it may delay effective treatment or diagnosis
  8. ^ Shang, Aijing; Huwiler-Müntener, Karin; Nartey, Linda; Jüni, Peter; Dörig, Stephan; Sterne, Jonathan AC; Pewsner, Daniel; Egger, Matthias (2005), "Are the clinical effects of homoeopathy placebo effects? Comparative study of placebo-controlled trials of homoeopathy and allopathy", The Lancet, 366 (9487): 726–732, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67177-2, PMID 16125589, S2CID 17939264
  9. ^ Musgrave, I (April 8, 2014). "No evidence homeopathy is effective: NHMRC review". The Conversation. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  10. ^ "Swiss make New Year's regulations". Swiss Info. January 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  11. ^ "Prince Charles becomes patron of homeopathy group". the Guardian. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  12. ^ Whipple, Tom (26 June 2019). "Scientists attack Charles for becoming Faculty of Homeopathy patron". Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  13. ^ Brown, Rivkah (29 June 2019). "Opinion: Prince Charles' mission to save homeopathy is a boon for anti-science". The Independent. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  14. ^ Sanai, Leyla (27 June 2019). "Prince Charles' irresponsible support for homeopathy | The Spectator". www.spectator.co.uk. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  15. ^ "Membership". Faculty of Homeopathy. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  16. ^ "Teaching centres -Faculty of Homeopathy". Faculty of Homeopathy. Archived from the original on 19 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  17. ^ Faculty of Homeopathy Act 1950 (1950 c. xx), s. 4(d)

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