The Faculty of Homeopathy was formed in 1944 from the old British Homeopathic Society (founded in 1843). It was incorporated by the Faculty of Homeopathy Act 1950, which confers an educational function on the Faculty. The Faculty promotes the development of homeopathy

Homeopathy

Homeopathy is a form of alternative medicine in which practitioners claim to treat patients using highly diluted preparations that are believed to cause healthy people to exhibit symptoms that are similar to those exhibited by the patient...

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Homeopathy is a form of alternative medicine

Alternative medicine

Alternative medicine is any healing practice, "that does not fall within the realm of conventional medicine." It is based on historical or cultural traditions, rather than on scientific evidence....

 in which practitioners treat patients using highly diluted preparations that are believed to cause healthy people to exhibit symptoms that are similar to those exhibited by the patient. The collective weight of scientific

Scientific method

Scientific method refers to a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry must be based on gathering empirical and measurable evidence subject to specific principles of...

 evidence has found homeopathy to be no more effective than a placebo

Placebo

A placebo is a simulated or otherwise medically ineffectual treatment for a disease or other medical condition intended to deceive the recipient...

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Membership

The Faculty has over 1,400 members throughout the world. Membership is open to statutorily registered healthcare professionals, with student membership available to undergraduates on medical courses.

Training

Faculty-Accredited postgraduate courses in homeopathy are taught at five locations in the UK and at eight overseas. After specified training periods, students are eligible to sit 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). The qualifications do not themselves confer any legal qualfication to practise homeopathy.

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 homeopathy in the European Union

European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

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Officers 2011

• President: Sara Eames
• Vice-President: Elizabeth Thompson
• Immediate Past-President: John Saxton
• Treasurer: Andrea Wiessner
• Dean: Russell Malcolm
• Veterinary Dean: Christopher Day
• Dental Dean: Peter Darby
• Pharmacy Dean: Lee Kayne
• Nursing Dean: Patricia Donnachie
• Podiatry Dean: Tariq Khan
• Promotion Committee Covener: Nick Thompson
• NHS Primary Care representative: Graham Jagger
• NHS Secondary Care representative: Helmut Roniger
• Members Committee Covener:Tim Robinson

External links

• The Faculty of Homeopathy
• The British Homeopathic Association (Advocacy site)
• The British Association of Homeopathic Veterinary Surgeons (Advocacy site)
• The British Homeopathic Dental Association (Advocacy site)
• Homeopathy, formerly the British Homeopathic Journal