Re: Report on Homeopathy Parliament)

[Guest guest]

I see they consulted Dr " Mashed Pigs " Goldacre; he seems to be into everything

:0(

Louise.

>

> 4. MPs

> <http://www.theoneclickgroup.co.uk/news.php?start=3280 & end=3300 & view=yes & id=

> 4420#newspost> Criticise Biased Science & Technology Committee Report On

> Homeopathy

> http://www.theoneclickgroup.co.uk/images/parliament_logo.gif

> That this House expresses concern at the conclusions of the Science and

> Technology Committee's Report, Evidence Check on Homeopathy; notes that the

> Committee took only oral evidence from a limited number of witnesses,

> including known critics of homeopathy Brown, the Managing Director of

> Sense About Science, and journalist Dr Ben Goldacre, who have no expertise

> in the subject; believes that evidence should have been heard from primary

> care trusts that commission homeopathy, doctors who use it in a primary care

> setting, and other relevant organisations, such as the Society of

> Homeopaths, to provide balance; observes that the Committee did not consider

> evidence from abroad from countries such as France and Germany, where

> provision of homeopathy is far more widespread than in the UK, or from

> India, where it is part of the health service; regrets that the Committee

> ignored the 74 randomised controlled trials comparing homeopathy with

> placebo, of which 63 showed homeopathic treatments were effective, and that

> the Committee recommends no further research.

> Tredinnick MP et al, Early Day Motion, Parliament

> Related

[Guest guest]

Is he actually a doctor and if so what of... and do we know where and when he

qualified?

I have been curious about him for a long time... He is very anti patrick

holford...

How is he classified an expert when others are not?

Kim X

[Guest guest]

I think he is a Dr, though what his qualifications are I haven't been able to

find out. However, after a few searches it's clear that he has conections to

Prof. Simon Wessely who wants everyone to believe that ME and CFS are

psychiatric illnesses.

I think Ben Goldacre also has connections to Sense About Science.

Louise.

>

> Is he actually a doctor and if so what of... and do we know where and when he

qualified?

>

> I have been curious about him for a long time... He is very anti patrick

holford...

>

>

> How is he classified an expert when others are not?

>

> Kim X

>

[Guest guest]

Hi LouiseWell he's on the GMC register as a doctor with a licence to practice , but is not a specialist or a GP. He qualified in London in 2000. Registration no 4641451.Can be contacted via website at http://www.badscience.net This is cut from the website: Ben is an award-winning writer, broadcaster, and medical doctor who specialises in unpicking dodgy scientific claims made by scaremongering journalists, dodgy government reports, evil pharmaceutical corporations,

PR companies and quacks.

He has written the weekly Bad Science column in the Guardian since 2003. It's archived on this site along with blogposts, columns for the British Medical Journal, and other stuff. x >> >>

[Edit Abbrev Mod]

[Guest guest]

Should we call his bluff and get him to " investiagte " why the uK treats hypos

differently from other places and why the RCP ignores current reasearch...

Ask him to do what he says he does ! Deal with bad science!

Just a thought!

Kim x

[Guest guest]

Hi Kim,

Wouldn't bother, I just checked him out on Wikipedia

" ....He is a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and is a research

fellow at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London "

So that's why he has a licence to practice as a doctor, but is not a GP or a

specialist...

He'd probably tell us all that it's in our heads..

x

>

>

> Should we call his bluff and get him to " investiagte " why the uK treats hypos

differently from other places and why the RCP ignores current reasearch...

>

[Guest guest]

I don't think he'd be interested; only in aggravating us further. " Mashed pigs "

is how he described Armour :0(

Louise.

>

>

> Should we call his bluff and get him to " investiagte " why the uK treats hypos

differently from other places and why the RCP ignores current reasearch...

>

> Ask him to do what he says he does ! Deal with bad science!

>

> Just a thought!

>

> Kim x

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Kim,

Here is his record:

___________________________________________________________________

Results of search on: 22 May 2010 at 13:25:42. The details shown are valid at

the date and time of the search only.

GMC Reference Number 4741451

Given Names Ben

Surname Goldacre

Gender Man

Status Registered with a licence to practise

More Details

Primary Medical Qualification

MB BS 2000 University of London

Provisional Registration Date 19 Jul 2000

Full Registration Date 09 Oct 2001

Specialist Register entry date This doctor is not on the Specialist Register

GP Register entry date This doctor is not on the GP Register

_____________________________________________________

I think I read somewhere that he does psycology, it may have been on his bad

science forum, but it's such a miserable forum I can't be bothered to go back

there.... Getting lots of web hits on the site only encourages them,

.

>

> Is he actually a doctor and if so what of... and do we know where and when he

qualified?

>

> I have been curious about him for a long time... He is very anti patrick

holford...

>

>

> How is he classified an expert when others are not?

>

> Kim X

>