From time to time our work results in coverage in the mainstream media – this is an archive of media coverage of our work.
2017
- The NHS cuts funding for homeopathy (Independent, 30th November 2017)
- The NHS Wants Homeopathy Blacklisted, Because Magic Sugar Pills Still Don’t Work (Gizmodo, 30th November 2017)
- Homeopaths refuse to prove their products work (Mirror, 21st September 2017)
- NHS Homeopathy cut, but some GPs continue to prescribe (Telegraph, 12th August 2017)
- Humanists call to end Scottish NHS spending £1.7m on Homeopathy (ITV News, 2nd August 2017)
- A chance to help end homeopathy prescribing on the NHS (The Pharmaceutical Journal, 28th July 2017)
- Margaret McCartney: Charities should respect evidence (BMJ, 25th July 2017)
- Homeopathy is a waste of money so stop prescribing it, GPs told (The Times, 22nd July 2017)
- NHS to stop homeopathy prescription after remedies deemed a waste of funds (Guardian, 21st July 2017)
- NHS doctors told to stop prescribing homeopathy (Metro, 21st July 2017)
- GPs set to be banned from prescribing homeopathy (Pulse, 21st July 2017)
- Pharmacists and GPs could be told not to prescribe more than 3,000 treatments for common conditions (The Pharmaceutical Journal, 21st July 2017)
- NHS funds wasted on homeopathic remedies (Daily Mail, 26th June 2017)
- COST OF QUACKERY: GPs dish out 30 prescriptions for ‘rubbish’ homeopathic ‘remedies’ every DAY – at a cost of up to £6m (The Sun, 26th June 2017)
- Colinette Road Plaque Marks Spot of Historic Exchange (Putney SW15, 16th June 2017)
- ‘Charity Commission should improve registration process’, says NCVO (Civil Society, 23rd May 2017
- Alternative medicine groups risk losing their charity status (The Times, 19th May 2017)
- Alternative medicine charities could lose their charitable status (The Guardian, 18th May 2017)
- Hundreds of health charities should be removed, regulator told (Civil Society, 18th May 2017)
- UK may force charities to prove complementary therapies work (New Scientist, 16th May 2017)
- Nursing union under fire for promoting ‘unproven’ therapy (The Times, 13th May 2017)
- Alternative medicine charities should lose their charitable status if they fail to prove medical claims (The Guardian, 12th May 2017)
- Watchdog scrutinises charity linked to disgraced ex-doctor Andrew Wakefield (The Times, May 11th 2017)
- Restricting what is allowed on prescription in England: views from healthcare professionals and patient groups (The Pharmaceutical Journal, 25th April 2017)
- Noisy Europe, Dead cheap funerals, Alternative medicine (You and Yours, BBC Radio 4, 24th April 2017)
- Bleach sold as miracle cure by online pharmacies with NHS backing (Telegraph, 22nd April 2017)
- Amazon And eBay Have Stopped Selling “Bleach” As A Health Product (Buzzfeed, 21st April 2017)
- The fake cancer cure sold on eBay and delivered to your supermarket (The Times, 18th April 2017)
- ‘Top-top’ sets raise the A* bar for maths whizzes (Times Educational Supplement, 14th April 2017)
- Homeopathy should be dropped from NHS after investigations shows £4 million spent (Daily Mail, 31st March 2017)
- This London University Keeps Hosting Pseudoscientific Events (Buzzfeed, 15th March 2017)
- Charity Commission consults on complementary medicine charities (Third Sector, 14th March 2017)
- Charity Commission consults on future of alternative medicine charities (Civil Society, 14th March 2017)
- “Alternative Medicine” Charities Might Lose Their Charitable Status (Buzzfeed, 13th March 2017)
- LMH to host homeopathy conference over Easter (The Oxford Student, 4th March 2017)
- Lady Margaret Hall under fire for hosting homeopathy conference (Cherwell, 3rd March 2017)
- Oxford college Lady Margaret Hall accused of lending credibility to quacks (The i, 2nd March 2017)
- Oxford college Lady Margaret Hall condemned for hosting homeopathy conference (The Independent, 1st March 2017)
- Oxford ‘lending its name to quackery’ (The Times, 1st March 2017)
- Put reputation over revenue from pseudoscience (Times Higher Education, 1st March 2017)
- Homeopathy conference at Oxford college ‘promotes quackery’ (Times Higher Education, 28th February 2017)
2016
- Skeptical Activism from the Bottom Up (Skeptical Inquirer, 1st November 2016)
- Kangen water raises false health hopes (Mirror, 20th October 2016)
- The case against homeopathy in Bristol (Bristol 24/7, 15th October 2016)
- Doctors warn against using homeopathy after cases of severe illnesses in children (Daily Mail, 7th October 2016)
- Why does the NHS spend money on homeopathy? (BBC 6th October 2016)
- CCG axes funding for homeopathy (BMJ, 6th October 2016)
- Wirral CCG scraps funding for ‘ineffective’ homeopathy (Chemist + Druggist, 6th October 2016)
- Wirral health chiefs scrap homeopathy funding (BBC, 5th October 2016)
- Funding for homeopathy on NHS to be ended in the Wirral (Wirral Globe, 5th October 2016)
- Bristol NHS spends thousands on disproven homeopathic treatments (Bristol Post, 5th October 2016)
- Wirral NHS votes to end homeopathy spending (Liverpool Echo, 4th October 2016)
- North West Tonight Evening News – 6.40pm (BBC One, 4th October 2016) (mp3)
- Paul Salt show – 4:56pm (BBC Radio Merseyside, 4th October 2016) (mp3)
- Bristol and London are now the only two places you can get homeopathy on the NHS (Buzzfeed, 4th October 2016)
- Wirral health chiefs consider end to homeopathy funding (BBC, 29th September 2016)
- Charity Commission promises review of health charities after threat of court action (Civil Society, 20th September 2016)
- Regulator to review advancement of health as a charitable purpose (Third Sector, 20th September 2016)
- Charity Commission threatened with judicial review over homeopathy charities (Civil Society, 19th September 2016)
- Charities which promote ‘dangerous’ homeopathic remedies could lose charitable status (Daily Mail, 16th September 2016)
- Regulator threatened with legal action over homeopathy charities (Third Sector, 16th September 2016)
- Good Thinking Society’s successful challenge to NHS homeopathy (Science Based Medicine, 28th August 2016)
- Why on earth is the NHS spending even a single penny on homeopathy? (The Pharmaceutical Journal, 12th August 2016)
- NHS spending on ineffective homeopathic treatments tops £1.75m (The Independent, 7th August 2016)
- Chiropractors treating babies with ‘dangerous’ procedure they falsely claim treats colic (The Sun, 1st August 2016)
- Vets: Ban the use of homeopathy in animals (BBC, 8th July 2016)
- Vets call for homeopathic remedies for animals to be banned (Guardian, 8th July 2016)
- 2,500 vets call for homeopathic remedies to be blacklisted (Daily Mail, 8th July 2016)
- Should vets use homeopathy on animals? (BBC 8th July 2016)
- Vanessa Feltz show – 7.20am (BBC Radio London, 8th July 2016)
- Today show – 8.55am (BBC Radio 4, 8th July 2016)
- Victoria Derbyshire show – 9.50am (BBC 2, 8th July 2016)
- Homeopathy for pets must be banned, say 1,000 vets (The Times, 25th June 2016)
- Homeopathy petition attracts 2500 signatures (Veterinary Record, 25th June 2016)
- Vets say homeopathy is dangerous for pets (Telegraph, 24th June 2016)
- Stop vets offering homeopathy – placebo doesn’t work for pets (New Scientist, 23rd June 2016)
- Liverpool residents vote to stop homeopathy funding by CCG (BMJ, 17th June 2016)
- Liverpool NHS ends funding for homeopathy (Liverpool Echo, 13th June 2016)
- Homeopathy to be cut from NHS (Daily Mail, 4th June 2016)
- Homeopathic treatments under attack from vet (Farmer’s Weekly, 3rd June 2016)
- Interview: Skeptics in the Pub ‘Homeopathy in the UK’ (Bedford Clanger, 18th April 2016)
- Holistic clinic favoured by Royals is investigated over dangerous adverts (Daily Mail, 6th March 2016)
- Homeopathy should be removed from NHS (Independent, 22nd February 2016)
- British File Complaint About Icelandic Televangelist Channel (Rekyavik Grapevine, 1st February 2016)
- Why You Should Care About Vets Using Homeopathy… (Horse Collaborative, 1st February 2016)
2015
- NHS Liverpool could end homeopathy funding (Liverpool Echo, 28th November 2015)
- Homeopathy may go on GP Blacklist (The Times, 14th November 2015)
- GPs must stop giving patients quack medicines (The Times, 14th November 2015)
- Ministers are considering whether homeopathy should be put on a blacklist of treatments GPs are banned from prescribing (BBC Radio 4 – Today, 13th November 2015)
- Should the NHS pay for homeopathy? We hear from both sides of the debate (BBC 2 – Victoria Derbyshire, 13th November 2015)
- Homeopathy ‘could be blacklisted’ (BBC 1 – BBC Breakfast, 13th November 2015)
- Homeopathy ‘could be blacklisted’ (BBC, 13th November 2015)
- For and against: Should the NHS pay for homeopathy? (BBC, 13th November 2015)
- Homeopathic prescription could be removed from NHS (Guardian, 13th November 2015)
- NHS Homeopathy funding could be ended (Independent, 13th November 2015)
- Homeopathy prescriptions could be banned (Telegraph, 13th November 2015)
- Homeopathy does not work and should be removed from the NHS, say ministers (Daily Mail, 13th November 2015)
- Homeopathy could be banned from NHS (Mirror, 13th November 2015)
- Ministers call for a ban on NHS homeopathy (Mirror, 13th November 2015)
- Homeopathy could be banned from prescription on the NHS (Evening Standard, 13th November 2015)
- Homeopathy Could Be Banned On The NHS (Buzzfeed, 13th November 2015)
- NHS may stop homeopathy prescriptions (RTE News, 13th November 2015)
- Ministers considering ‘blacklisting’ homeopathic medicines (Pulse, 13th November 2015)
- The NHS is spending millions on homeopathy – as charity shows where money is spent (Independent, 27th October 2015)
- How are chiropractic and osteopathic meant to work? (Observer, 18th October 2015)
- NHS plans to end homeopathy prescriptions (Daily Express, 12th October 2015)
- Peter Popoff sells get rich quick schemes (Daily Mirror, 24th September 2015)
- NHS spending £5m per year on ineffective homeopathic remedies (Express, 23rd September 2015)
- Homeopathy is not rational and should not be on the NHS (Observer, 6th September 2015)
- Debt-busting ‘con’ comes to Britain (Sunday Times, 30th August 2015)
- There is no evidence for geopathic stress(Guardian, 20th August 2015)
- American cancer cure practitioner linked to multiple deaths begins UK tour (Daily Mail, 20th June 2015)
- American cancer cure practitioner linked to deaths of leukaemia patients begins UK tour (Evening Standard, 20th June 2015)
- Fears about cult church’s miracle cure (Ash & Farnham News & Mail, 19th June 2015)
- Miracle cancer cure promoted by US church at secret Farnham meeting (Get Surrey, 18th June 2015)
- Stop funding treatments with insufficient evidence of efficacy (The Pharmaceutical Journal, 18th June 2015)
- Codswallop detected in food allergy tests (Sunday Times, 14th June 2015)
- Codswallop detected in food allergy tests (Sunday Times online, 14th June 2015)
- Warning over potential bogus cancer cure in Surrey (Eagle Radio News, 12th June 2015)
- Health authorities to axe homeopathy funding (Western Daily Press, 11th June 2015)
- Homeopathy to be banned by NHS Bristol hospitals (Bristol Post, 10th June 2015)
- Warning over bogus ‘miracle cure’ which could be on sale in Surrey (Surrey News, 9th June 2015)
- Labour, Prince Charles and homeopathic quacks: Andy Burnham has some explaining to do (The Spectator, 5th June 2015)
- Controversy over Genesis II Church’s ‘cancer cure’ substance (Get Surrey, 5th June 2015)
- US ‘church’ plans secret gathering – its ‘miracle’ cure for cancer banned by UK agency (Ash & Farnham News & Mail, 4th June 2015)
- NHS homeopathic sells ‘homeopathic owl’ (Mirror, 3rd June 2015)
- MPs call for inquiry into false ‘cancer cures’ (Telegraph, 25th May 2015)
- Police called upon to investigate cancer ‘cures’ (Telegraph, 25th May 2015)
- Cancer ‘cure’ practitioners try to keep their conference secret (Telegraph, 25th May 2015)
- Formal complaints made about Harley Street clinics promoting leeches and acupuncture (Telegraph, 10th May 2015)
- Scientists outraged at ‘new age’ healers in Harley St documentary (Sunday Telegraph, 10th May 2015)
- NHS Homeopathy spending to be reviewed (Telegraph, 27th April 2015)
- Up to 30 CCGs may face legal threat for funding homeopathy (Pulse, 24th April 2015)
- Amazon sells guide on how to use deadly weight loss pills (The Times, 22nd April 2015)
- Liverpool CCG rethinks funding of homeopathy (BMJ, 13th April 2015)
- £30,000 per year wasted on NHS homeopathy (Liverpool Echo, 13th April 2015)
- Legal challenge prompts NHS Liverpool to review £30k homeopathy spend (Liverpool Echo, 12th April 2015)
- NHS Bristol spends over than £200,000 on homeopathy (Bristol Post, 2nd April 2015)
- Media coverage of cancer ‘cures’ is dangerous (Guardian, 4th March 2015)
- Personal experience can mislead us (Hindu business Line, 30th January 2015)
2014
- Psychic Paula challenged to test pregnancy predictions (Guardian, 16th December 2014)
- Clinics will offer ‘integrative therapy’ for cancer if Saatchi bill goes through (Guardian, 3rd December 2014)
- Sally Morgan sacks husband and son-in-law after their homophobic and violent threats (Daily Mail, 14th October 2014)
- Sally Morgan fires husband and son-in-law for threats to skeptic (Guardian, 15th October 2014)
- Sally Morgan fired husband and son-in-law over homophobic rants (Mirror, 14th October 2014)
- ‘Psychic nights’ cause concern (Independent, 14th October 2014)
- Good Thinking Society encourages scepticism at medium’s Pavilion show (Bournemouth Echo, 13th October 2014)
- Sally Morgan fires husband and son-in-law over anti-gay attacks on critic (Independent, 13th October 2014)
- Psychic Sally Morgan can’t predict future of marriage after sacking husband for homophobia (Pink News, 13th October 2014)
- Psychics are not real (Daily Mail, 13th October 2014)
- Scottish minister condemns psychic Sally Morgan’s husband for homophobic tirade (Pink News, 11th October 2014)
- Psychic Sally Morgan: I wasn’t aware of husband’s homophobic abuse (Pink News, 11th October 2014)
- Sally Morgan upsets girlfriend after falsely claiming to speak to dead cyclist (Independent, 10th October 2014)
- Video: Death threats for skeptic who leafleted at Sally Morgan “psychic” show (Boing Boiing, 10th October 2014)
- Sally Morgan issues threats, but our campaign goes on (Guardian, 7th October 2014)
- UK “psychic” threatens legal action against sceptic (Boing Boing, 7th October 2014)
- Skeptics will always face an uphill struggle against pseudoscience (Guardian, 21th May 2014)
- Chiropractors’ evidence-free warnings about pancakes and phones (Guardian, 2nd May 2014)
- Celebrate World Homeopathy Awareness Week with homeopathyawarenessweek.org (Boing Boing, 12th April 2014)
- Awareness of homeopathy is good for your health (Guardian, 11th April 2014)
2012
- Andrew Wakefield awarded for ‘lifetime achievement in quackery’ (Guardian, 23rd December 2012)
- A PhD student and a pharmacology professor have been named the joint winners of a national competition to honour the best science bloggers in the country (Times Higher Education, 1st December 2012)
