Faculty of Homeopathy 4544067 217437024 2008-06-06T00:51:42Z SmackBot 433328 Date the maintenance tags or general fixes {{Notability|date=June 2008}} {{POV|date=June 2008}} {{verifiability|date=June 2008}} The '''Faculty of Homeopathy''' was incorporated by [[Act of Parliament]] in 1950.<ref>{{citebook|title=Alternative Medicine?: A History|author=Roberta Bivins||year= 2008|publisher=Oxford University Press|id=ISBN 0199218870}}</ref> It was formed in 1944 from the old British Homeopathic Society (founded in 1843). [[Homeopathy]] is available on the [[National Health Service]] in [[Great Britain]] both from medical practices and at five NHS homeopathic hospitals.<ref>[http://www.trusthomeopathy.org/trust/tru_nhs.html British Homeopathic Association - Homeopathy on the NHS]</ref> The Faculty of Homeopathy Act 1950 confers upon the Faculty a regulatory duty. It initially applied just to the medical profession but it has subsequently been altered to include other professions, making the Faculty a multi-disciplinary organisation. The Faculty promotes the academic and scientific development of homeopathy and ensures standards in the education, training and practice of homeopathy by [[dentists]], [[physician|doctors]], [[nurses]], [[midwives]], [[pharmacists]], [[podiatrists]], [[veterinary surgeons]] and other statutorily-registered healthcare professionals. ==Membership== The Faculty has over 1,400 members throughout the [[world]]. ==Training== Faculty-Accredited postgraduate courses in homeopathy are taught at five locations in the UK and at seven overseas. After specified training periods, students are eligible to sit the specialist examinations, which lead to the Faculty's qualifications: LFHom, MFHom (for doctors, nurses and pharmacists), VetMFHom (for veterinary surgeons) and DFHom (for dentists, pharmacists and podiatrists). ==Publications== The Faculty publishes ''Homeopathy'' (formerly the ''British Homeopathic Journal'' -BHJ), a peer-review journal. 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-type publication, for the service of members. ==International== Apart from its overseas accreditation and teaching, the Faculty is an active member of the international homeopathic community and is one of the founding members of the [[European Committee for Homeopathy]], which has developed a European Code of Professional Conduct and agreed Standards of training in homeopathic medicine in the [[European Union]]. ==Officers 2007== *'''President:''' John Saxton *'''Vice-President:''' Julie Geraghty *'''Immediate Past-President:''' Bob Leckridge *'''Treasurer:''' Andrew Sikorski *'''Dean:''' Raymond Sevar *'''Veterinary Dean:''' Christopher Day *'''Dental Dean:''' Peter Darby *'''Pharmacy Dean:''' Lee Kayne *'''Nursing Dean:''' Vacant *'''Podiatry Dean:''' Tariq Khan *'''Promotion Committee Covener:''' Sara Eames *'''NHS Primary Care representative:''' Graham Jagger *'''NHS Secondary Care representative:''' Tom Whitmarsh *'''Members Committee Covener:'''Tim Robinson ==Notes== <references/> ==External links== *[http://www.trusthomeopathy.org/faculty/fac_over.html/ The Faculty of Homeopathy] *[http://www.trusthomeopathy.org/trust/tru_over.html/ The British Homeopathic Association] *[http://www.bahvs.com/ The British Association of Homeopathic Veterinary Surgeons] *[http://www.bhda.org/ The British Homeopathic Dental Association] *[http://www.intl.elsevierhealth.com/journals/homp/ ''Homeopathy''], formerly the ''British Homeopathic Journal'' {{Homeopathy}} [[Category:British professional bodies]] [[Category:Homeopathic organizations]]