From: Andrew Johnson
Date: 2011-02-16 17:03:27
I was told that the correct address for Andrew Farmer is: andrea.farmer@mhra.g… also you could try Ben.Sewell@mhra.gsi…., info@mhra.gsi.gov.uk Sorry about this but I didn’t generate the original message…! From: Craig Pruess [mailto:craig@heaven-on-eart…] Sent: 15 February 2011 20:55To: Craig PruessSubject: petition to stop attack on homeopathy Hi thereJust received this from a friend homeopath….I think it is important that we follow through on this if you want to have the choice as to how you get treated. In love & light, CraigPlease take the time to copy and paste the email below and send it to Ms Farmer..We need to be able to have a free choice as to what healthcare approaches we can access. Thanks Dear EVERYONE,This is urgent. TOP PRIORITY!!! The deadline is the 18th of February. The practice of homeopathy by lay homeopaths is at stake, and if the MHRA changes the wording to the document mentioned below, we will …not be allowed to practice any longer. This will take effect immediately. The new wording which is being suggested by sense against science, and is being considered by the MHRA will effectively put us in catch 22 so that we can no longer give out remedies – basically, it is about the difference between dispensing and prescribing. all homeopaths dispense remedies as a normal part of daily practice. the new rules will mean that it will be illegal to dispense without a license, and only a qualified doctor can make a prescription. without the ability to dispense, all we can do is sit and listen to people’s problems, but can do nothing else about it. this will also have an affect on the homeopathic pharmacies, who will only be allowed to dispense licensed remedies (currently, only arnica and possibly one or two others are licensed) unless prescribed by a physician, and this means the potential loss of thousands of remedies. The key words in the version we want, which help keep homeopathy going are “…use within the homeopathic tradition”. This avoids the need to prove the science behind prescribing of remedies and allows us to practise as normal.Could you please send this template to EVERYONE and inundate Ms Farmer with requests to keep the wording as shown below, so that homeopaths can continue to practise homeopathy legally.Please contact everyone on your database, if you are a homeopath, please send it in yourself and contact all your patients to do the same. we can counteract sense about science with numbers. we just proved we have greater numbers than they do, and that when we mobilise, we can beat them at their own game. last week, they started a poll against homeopathy in an irish newspaper ( see link – http://www.thejournal.ie/d
