Laura

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Name: Laura
Date registered: February 21, 2014

Latest posts

  1. ASA upholds our complaint against osteopath claiming to treat paediatric conditions — July 26, 2017
  2. BBC upholds our complaint against Look North report on chiropractic for animals — April 4, 2017
  3. Regulators issue new advertising guidance for osteopaths — December 2, 2016
  4. BBC acknowledges that Farming Today homeopathy coverage did not meet editorial standards — July 19, 2016
  5. BBC upholds our complaint against Steve Wright in the Afternoon’s Lynne McTaggart interview — July 18, 2016

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Jul 26 2017

ASA upholds our complaint against osteopath claiming to treat paediatric conditions

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Complaints, Front Page, Osteopathy, Uncategorized

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The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld our complaint against osteopath Nicholas Handoll (t/a Hereford Clinic of Osteopathy and Complementary Medicine). He has continued to make misleading advertising claims regarding a range of infant and childhood conditions, despite clear warnings from regulators. A page entitled “Infants and Children” stated: Osteopaths are first-contact practitioners, trained to undertake …

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Apr 04 2017

BBC upholds our complaint against Look North report on chiropractic for animals

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Complaints, Front Page, Veterinary Quackery

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The BBC’s Editorial Complaints Unit has upheld our complaint against a BBC1 Look North (North East) news item on the treatment of animals by chiropractors. The introduction to the piece stated that it is becoming more common for vets to recommend chiropractic for animals. Throughout the report, animal chiropractic was presented in an undeservedly positive …

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Dec 02 2016

Regulators issue new advertising guidance for osteopaths

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Complaints, Front Page, Osteopathy, Projects

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The Advertising Standards Authority has teamed up with the General Osteopathic Council to send new guidance to over 4,800 registered osteopaths. The guidance relates to marketing claims for pregnant women, children and babies and provides examples of what kind of claims can, and can’t, be made for these patient groups. We have been concerned for …

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Jul 19 2016

BBC acknowledges that Farming Today homeopathy coverage did not meet editorial standards

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Complaints, Front Page, Veterinary Quackery

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Following our complaint, the editor of BBC Radio 4 Farming Today has acknowledged that an item about the homeopathic treatment of farm animals did not meet editorial standards. The programme team was reminded of the need for accurate and balanced reporting in relation to scientific matters. The finding was published today by the BBC Editorial …

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Jul 18 2016

BBC upholds our complaint against Steve Wright in the Afternoon’s Lynne McTaggart interview

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Complaints, Front Page

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The BBC’s Editorial Complaints Unit has upheld our complaint about BBC Radio 2’s Steve Wright in the Afternoon. In an interview broadcast last December, Steve Wright and Janey Lee Grace chatted to Lynne McTaggart, editor of the magazine What Doctors Don’t Tell You. It was not made clear at any point during the programme that …

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Apr 06 2016

Tesco closes loss-making NutriCentre

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Complaints, Front Page

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Supermarket giant Tesco has announced the closure of its NutriCentre business – the in-store health and wellbeing chain we previously criticised for peddling quackery. Earlier this year, NutriCentre MD Jessica Frame admitted that the business had become beset with structural and distribution problems. She also acknowledged that NutriCentre needed to address regulatory compliance issues with …

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Oct 12 2015

“Inside Harley Street” practitioners continue to make unsubstantiated claims

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Complaints, Front Page, Uncategorized

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  In May of this year we investigated each of the complementary and alternative medicine practitioners who had appeared on the BBC’s Inside Harley Street programme. All seven of them were making misleading and unsubstantiated claims on their websites so we reported them all to the Advertising Standards Authority. Our complaints were reported in the …

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Sep 17 2015

General Osteopathic Council warns its registrants against unsubstantiated advertising claims

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Complaints, Front Page, Osteopathy

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Back in April, with very little searching, our undercover investigator found four different osteopaths making unjustified claims regarding colic. The phone calls with each of the osteopaths can be heard by visiting the investigation page. We reported each of the osteopaths to the General Osteopathic Council, and urged the GOsC to act quickly in addressing …

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Jun 17 2015

Trading Standards action on ‘Miracle Mineral Solution’ conference in Surrey

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Alternative Health Conferences, Front Page, Miracle Mineral Solution

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As we highlighted in our warning last week, the Genesis II Church of Health and Healing seminar took place last weekend in Farnham, Surrey at an undisclosed location. This organisation promotes ‘Miracle Mineral Solution’ – a form of industrial bleach –  as a treatment for a wide range of health conditions including cancer, malaria and …

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May 10 2015

Our concerns about “Inside Harley Street” alternative therapies

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Front Page, Uncategorized

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UPDATE 02/09/15 Our complaints have all now been resolved. The complaint against Susan Kennard was upheld. The complaints against Michael Culp (Natural Health and Wellness Centre),  London Leech Therapy and Lesley Parkinson (Brainhealth) were all informally resolved. The practitioners in question have all assured the ASA that they will amend their websites to bring them …

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