“Events of the last twenty years in the UK have elevated chiropractic from relative obscurity to a respected and regulated healthcare profession. The BCA has been integral to this process of evolution. Yet we must never lose sight of the fact that reputations are hard earned but quickly lost.” It is...
Part mischief to this site and part poke-in-the-eye to zeno’s blog this title is nothing short of how I feel about the whole GCC-statement… Thing is, let’s look at what the wording of the GCC’s “controversial activities” could mean: GUIDANCE ON CLAIMS MADE FOR THE CHIROPRACTIC VERTEBRAL SUBLUXATION COMPLEX The chiropractic vertebral subluxation complex...
Another week has passed and fun was had by all… Blogland has fallen a bit flat the past weekend so not much to report (nothing of interest anyway). So I am going to start with a simple observation: I think it’s really interesting (but I am easily entertained) to notice that there are a...
Welcome to the skeptic pit, My name is Stefaan Vossen. I am a chiropractor. I have been practising in Warwickshire since 2003. I have had the good fortune to be born into a family rich in clinical experience of all brands of healthcare and have made it a part-time mission to go head-to-head with...
When I used give talks to chiropractors and students one of my slides would put up the British Chiropractic Associations definition of Chiropractic , The British Osteopathic Associations definition and the chartered physiotherapists definition and would ash which was the chiropractor. Last year I interviewed 8 prospective new graduates from AECC and asked each...
Many are questioning the £200,000,000 which the Savile enquiry has cost British taxpayers to clear the names of fourteen unarmed civilians shot by the British army in 1972. None of this would have been necessary if the original inquiry (Widgery) had sought the truth, instead of covering up for incompetent politicians. The trouble with...
When I was on the register I would often see cases come before the Professional Conduct Committee and you would think there but for the………. These “allegations” were just posted on the GCC website, I know nothing about the chiropractor except the chiropractor is a woman and the patient is a woman who returned...
As one of the original founder members of the UCA, can I say how delighted I was to get this postcard in my post today. We formed the UCA to defend traditional chiropractic practice and in recent years the UCA has failed to recognise the light at the end of the tunnel was a...
Simon Perry has given an update of the progress of his complaints to the GCC about chiropractors on his blog Although I have not seen the specifics of the complaints, I have to say I am amazed, the GCC has referred 80% of these complaints to the PCC. This video was supposed...
At the recent European Chiropractic Union conference in London BCA president Richard Brown outlined why the UK regulatory model is a “cracking success”, I wonder if the pun got a laugh or were there chiropractors present who knew the reality of regulation for the chiropractic profession. Many will see the medicaliseation of chiropractic as...
