Select Committee on Science and Technology Sixth Report


APPENDIX 8

List of Witnesses

The following witnesses gave evidence. Those marked * gave oral evidence.


*Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (Royal College of Anaesthetists Pain Management Committee and Royal College of Physicians)
*Academy of Medical Sciences
Academy of On-Site Massage
Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists
Advertising Standards Authority
Alpha Omega Resources Ltd
Aromatherapy Trade Council and Aromatherapy Organisations Council
Association of British Insurers
*Association of British Veterinary Acupuncturists
Association of Light Touch Therapists
*Association of Medical Research Charities
Association of Reflexologists
Australian Department of Health, Therapeutic Goods Administration
Ayurvedic Medical Association UK
BHA Hypnotherapy Association
Professor Michael Baum
Lucy Bell
Dr Susan Blackmore
Boston College
Breast UK
*Dr Thurstan Brewin (HealthWatch)
Bristol Cancer Help Centre
British Academy of Western Acupuncture
*British Acupuncture Council
British Chiropractic Association
British College of Naturopathy and Osteopathy
*British Complementary Medicine Association
*British Dental Association
British Embassy, Beijing
British Embassy, Washington
British Holistic Medical Association
*British Homoeopathic Dental Association
British Library
*British Medical Acupuncture Society
*British Medical Association
British Medical Hypnotherapy Examinations Board
British Naturopathic Association
British Pharmacological Society
British School of Osteopathy
*British Society for Allergy Environmental and Nutritional Medicine
British Society of Medical and Dental Hypnosis
Sarah Budd
BUPA Hospitals Ltd
Cavendish Centre for Cancer Care
Centre for the Study of Complementary Medicine
Professor Kelvin Chan
Chinese Herbal Medicine & Health Care Ltd
Chinese Medicine Association of Suppliers
Wainwright Churchill
College of Chiropractors
*Commission for Health Improvement
*Committee on Safety of Medicines
Commonwealth Working Group on Traditional and Complementary Health Systems
Complementary Medical Services for Prisoners
*Consumers' Association
Consumers for Health Choice
Ivan Corea, Fellow, King's Fund
Corporation of Advanced Hypnotherapy
*Council of Heads of Medical Schools and Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals
Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine
Alison Denham
Doctor-Healer Network
John Dudderidge
Eastern Medicine (Tibb) Practitioners Association
Audrey Edwards
*European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products
*European Herbal Practitioners Association
*European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy
*Faculty of Homeopathy, Homeopathic Trust and British Homoeopathic Association
Federation of Clinical Shiatsu Practitioners
Foresight fertility clinic
Foundation for Conductive Education
*Foundation for Integrated Medicine
Foundation for Traditional Chinese Medicine
Richard Fuller
*General Chiropractic Council
*General Dental Council
*General Medical Council
*General Osteopathic Council
Dr John Gibson
Dr Norman Gourlay
Dr Andrew Griffiths
Wendy Grossman, Skeptic Magazine
Harley Street Clinic
Haven Trust
*Department of Health
Health Food Manufacturers' Association
*HealthWatch
*Healthwork UK
Homeopathic Medical Association
Lorraine Horton
Hypnotherapy Society
IBIS International Corporation
Independent Healthcare Association
Institute of Biology, British Association for Lung Research, British Electrophoresis Society and British Association for Psychopharmacology
Institute of Postgraduate Studies (transcendental meditation)
Integrated Medicine Group
International Federation of Reflexologists
Institute for Complementary Medicine, British General Council of Complementary Medicine, British Register of Complementary Practitioners
International Society of Professional Aromatherapists
Dennis Ives
Timothy Jackson and Jacky Owens
Kesteven Natural Health Centre
Kinesiology National Occupational Standard Association Steering Group
*Linda Lazarides (Nutritional Therapy Council)
Mrs Ann Lett
Alan Lettin
Dr George Lewith, University of Southampton School of Medicine
Maharishi Foundation
Dr Peter Mansfield
*Medical Research Council
Middlesex University Chinese Medicine Ethics Committee
Ian Miller
NHS Alliance
NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York NHS Confederation
Napier University, Edinburgh
National Association of Health Stores
*National Federation of Spiritual Healers
*National Institute for Clinical Excellence
National Office of Animal Health
*Natural Medicines Society
A Nelson & Co Ltd
*Roger Newman Turner
Valerie Nicholson
*Nutritional Therapy Council
Parliamentary Group for Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Patient Concern
*Patients' Association
Dr Anne Pettigrew
Prevention of Professional Abuse Network
Professional Association of Alexander Teachers
*Proprietary Association of Great Britain
Radionic Association
Radionic and Radiesthesia Trust
Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine
*Research Council for Complementary Medicine
David Leslie Robinson
Royal Free and University College Medical School
*Royal College of General Practitioners
*Royal College of Nursing
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital
*Royal Pharmaceutical Society
*Royal Society
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Sailing with Spirit
Adrian Seager
Shiatsu Society UK
Shiatsu International
Harry Simpson
*Society of Homoeopaths
Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique
Julie Stone
*Dr Stephen Straus, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Maryland, USA
Thrive
Tibbi Naturopathic Medical Foundation
Dr Richard Tonkin
David Tredinnick MP
UK Cochrane Centre
*UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting
University of Central Lancashire Faculty of Health
University of Exeter School of Postgraduate Medicine and Health Sciences
University of Oxford Faculty of Clinical Medicine
University of Surrey School of Biological Sciences
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
University of Westminster Centre for Community Care and Primary Health
Vedic Medical Hall Ltd
Dr Alan Watkins, Hunter Kane Resource Management
*Wellcome Trust
Dr Midge Whitelegg
Raymond Williams, Healer Practitioner Association International
Dr Ann Williamson
Daniel Wilson
Robert G Wood-Smith & Partners
World Health Organization
Dr Dominik Wujastyk
Yoga Biomedical Trust