Faculty of Homeopaths fundraising for dangerous quack charity
The Faculty of Homeopathy (FoH) are the medical wing of the UK homeopaths. in the past they have chosen to keep some distance between themselves and the lay homeopaths, perhaps because of the breadth and depth of the eccentricities of the latter. Via @rbhinkley (no link as this is not a public channel) I have learnt that they are holding a fundraising dinner for the Homeopathic Action Trust, who you may remember from their funding of the dangerously deranged Jeremy Sherr. This is quite a remarkable turn of events, not least because the FoH are on record as opposing the use of treatments that HAT fund.
I have sent the following letter to the FoH and will keep you updated with any replies.
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i note with alarm your fundraising dinner for the Homeopathic Action Trust (HAT) [1]. HAT are on record as funding trials on the use of homeopathy for malaria and HIV/AIDS without going through the appropriate Ethics Committee or other assessments [2].The Faculty of Homeopaths (FoH) are on record as opposing the use of homeopathy for malaria treatment [3]
"“Malaria is a serious and life-threatening disease and there is no published evidence to support the use of homeopathy in the prevention of malaria,” comments Dr Peter Fisher, a member of the Faculty of Homeopathy and Clinical Director of the Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine. “The Faculty of Homeopathy recommends following the HPA guidelines.”"Could you explain why you are holding a fundraising dinner for an organisation that advocates treatments the FoH condemn?Yours Faithfully[1] http://www.facultyofhomeopathy.org/events/data/homeopathy_action_trust.html
[2] http://gimpyblog.wordpress.com/2010/06/11/homeopathic-action-trust-still-fund...
[3] http://www.facultyofhomeopathy.org/media/position_statements/malaria.html
