The UK Reiki Federation
PGACM Update
(The PGACM is an All-Party Parliamentary Group whose purpose is to stimulate debate and inform policy over the whole field of alternative and complementary medicine, and thereby to help to steer legislation in the right direction. Click for more details)
In the past three months there have been three very interesting presentations and discussions. The first was from the new Cancer Czar. Many people from the complementary field were able to put their views very strongly to him. Let’s see what difference it makes.
The next was the findings of an award-winning Integrated General Practice in Glastonbury who has now produced research using five complementary practices (though not Reiki) from his practice funding, measuring the longer term effects and cost benefit implications. Being in Glastonbury, there was demand from the local community to provide this type and quality of healthcare and he had to meet that demand.
Most recently was the Research Council for Complementary Medicine. One of the things which struck us all is to how little we use the internet in this country compared with the States. The NCCM (national centre for complementary and alternative medicine) website will search and link all kinds of treatment. A near equivalent in the UK is NHS Direct which currently has absolutely nothing! From our meeting, the RCCM are now going to be working closely in partnership with the Foundation for Integrated Medicine to remedy this for the NHS, probably within the next two years.
With positive changes happening at such an accelerated rate, I’m wondering how long will we have to continue using the term 'complementary' or 'alternative' in such circles; I wonder how long will it be before we can talk of Reiki as being part of 'integrated' medicine or healthcare treatment?
- Neil Anthony
See also:
Activities: Voluntary Self-Regulation
