February 2016 Newsletter: Tell NHS Wirral what you think about homeopathy; ask your vet to speak out against using homeopathy for animals; broadcasters uphold our Peter Popoff complaint.
Jan 29 2016
Liverpool doctors offer support for our homeopathy campaign
Last year we began a successful challenge to NHS Liverpool CCG’s decision to continue funding homeopathy in spite of the conclusions own consultations, which strongly advised an end to the service. The re-consultation is currently drawing to a close, and we expect to hear more in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, we contacted a number of …
Jan 27 2016
Greater Manchester Skeptics Society and Richard Dawkins Foundation donate £1,000 to Good Thinking
As a registered charity, we massively appreciate the support of the skeptical community and the donations we receive from individuals and organisations who want us to continue our work. With this in mind, we would like to thank the Greater Manchester Skeptics Society (GMSS) and Richard Dawkins Foundation (RDF) for their generous and hugely-appreciated donation …
Dec 03 2015
Princess Alexandra Hospital withdraws Reiki and Spiritual Healer role
In early October, Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust posted a job advertisement for a part-time reiki and spiritual healer. The post would have involved working within the Breast Cancer Unit at St Margaret’s Hospital, Epping, and the salary for the position was to be funded via charity rather than by NHS resources. The advertisement quickly …
Dec 01 2015
Good Thinking Supporters December 2015 Newsletter
Our campaign to blacklist homeopathy, and a call to action in challenging NHS homeopathy. Over the last eighteen months, our NHS homeopathy campaign has sought to identify and challenge NHS spending on homeopathic remedies. With limited resources available to the NHS, we feel it’s crucially important that patients have access to the best treatments, which …
Nov 13 2015
Good Thinking Society welcomes Department of Health consultation on ‘Blacklisting’ homeopathic treatments
Simon Singh and the Good Thinking Society have today welcomed the decision of the Department of Health to consult on adding homeopathic remedies to the NHS ‘Blacklist’. Following a proposed judicial review by the Good Thinking Society(1), the Department of Health have announced a consultation to consider including homeopathic products in Schedule 1 to the …
Nov 11 2015
Help us identify NHS homeopathy spending in London
During the initial phases of our NHS homeopathy campaign, we reported on our investigation into where in the country homeopathy is available on the NHS. Our aim was to identify which regions had the highest homeopathy spending so as to provide a focus for the first steps of our campaign, but our figures also revealed …
Nov 03 2015
Good Thinking Supporters November 2015 Newsletter
November 2015 Newsletter: Our report on NHS homeopathy around the UK published in The Independent, plus an update on our Harley Street complaints
Oct 27 2015
Cipher machine auction raises £2,000 for Good Thinking and All Trials
During October, Good Thinking’s founder Simon Singh auctioned his original WWII M209 cipher machine, with proceeds shared between Good Thinking and Sense About Science’s All Trials campaign. The winning bid came from Steve Roberts, a retired cryptographer from Melbourne Australia. Steve’s winning bid was £2,000 – which means a £1,000 donation to fund our future work, …
Oct 26 2015
NHS Homeopathy spending around the UK
On Friday, the Scotsman included a feature on the Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital – the NHS-funded homeopathy clinic based at Glasgow’s Gartnavel Hospital. The newspaper highlighted that the 8,111 patients treated by the facility in 2014-15 represents a slight drop from the 8366 treated in 2013-14. This builds on a report in September in the same …
