Despite the increasing popularity and use of complementary practice, it is difficult to assess its effectiveness. Lack of research - and lack of agreement on research methods - has led to criticism from branches of conventional medicine. The King's Fund set up an advisory group, chaired by Professor Dame Carol ...
This report makes proposals for the statutory registration and regulation of chiropractic to tackle the anomaly that anyone can claim to be a chiropractor in the United Kingdom, whether or not they have undergone professional training. The terms of reference for the report were: `Having regard to the growing public ...
A Working Party was formed to devise a practical means of achieving regulation in the practice of osteopathy for the benefit and protection of patients. The actual terms of reference for the Working Party were: `having regard to the growing public demand for osteopathic treatment and the increasing support, both ...