Peter Dixons election manifesto

Peter Dixon DC, FCC, FBCA

Practising in Wiltshire and Cornwall

Graduated AECC, 1984

Member of the British Chiropractic Association

Fellow of the College of Chiropractors

Chairman of the GCC

Election statement:

I was very closely involved in the professions decision, and subsequent negotiations, in the 1980s and early 1990s that led to the Chiropractors Act in 1994 (the first year of my BCA presidency).

My experiences from within the BCA ECU WFC & GCC have given me a unique perspective of the profession on a national, and international level, and have allowed me to develop my skills as a chairman; running meetings of representatives from different organisations within the profession and seeking harmonious and productive outcomes where possible. I have a passion for this profession, and a determination to seek solutions to the many problems that face us.

The GCC is a very potent tool for the profession in the UK but it can only be truly effective if it is seen to serve the needs of the profession. That means running a fair but firm ‘fitness to practice’ regime, but also interacting with all of the other stakeholders in the game in such a way as to promote and establish the Chiropractic profession as a key member of the HealthCare Team in this country. I believe that I have shown that that is my goal, and I have demonstrated an ability to lead the profession and act as an ambassador for it.

If elected to the council for a second term then I shall continue to pursue that goal with both wit and enthusiasm.

Peter Dixon

Richard Lanigan
Richard Lanigan

Richard Lanigan DC.BSc (Chiro) MSc( Health Promotion) was born in North London 1957 of Irish Parents and was educated in Ireland. Originally trained as a PE teacher, he moved to Denmark 1979, where a serious knee injury got him interested in rehabilitation and training methods. Richard founded Denmarks premier fitness centre "Sweat Shop" in 1982 and travelled all over the world to find how best to prepare athletes for competition. In 1984 he became fitness and rehab consultant to the Danish national badminton teams, handball teams and many football club sides. This approach to optimal performance is normal in 2010, however back in the early 80s it was very revolutionary, when stretching was limited to putting on your socks and knee injuries were immobilised for months in plaster.
Richard developed rehabilitation and fitness programmes for many of Denmark’s top athletes including Kirsten Larsten and Ib Frederickson, all England singles badminton champions in late 80s. "Team Denmark" hired him and his facilities to help prepare many of Denmarks athletes for the LA and Seoul Olympics. In 1990 he worked with Anya Anderson, Olympic gold medallist and voted worlds best female handball player at the Atlanta Olympics.
Richard advised Copenhagen’s main teaching (Rigs) Hospital on starting their rehab facility in 1984. In the same year he started working with Denmarks leading chiropractor; Ole Wessung DC, who demonstrated the effectiveness of Chiropractic in improving athletic performance, so impressed was Richard that in 1990 he moved back to England to study chiropractic at Anglo European College of Chiropractic and was student president for two years between 1993-1995.

Richard was awarded a fellowship by the College of Chiropractors in 2008, however in January 2009 Richard chose to stop using the title chiropractor in the UK because the British regulatory body for chiropractic (The GCC) had not maintained international standards of chiropractic education in the UK and including prescribing medicines in the chiropractic scope of practice, a fig leaf for incompetent UK chiropractors to hide behind. Richard has another clinic in Dublin and is a member of the Chiropractic Association of Ireland and the European Chiropractic Union.
Richard has four children Eloise aged 3, Molly and Isabelle aged five and the eldest Frederik aged twenty one is pursuing a career as a professional tennis player and has represented Norway in the Davis Cup in 2006 & 2007. None of Richards children have ever taken any medicine, www.vaccination.co.uk they eat healthy food, take lots of exercise and have their spines checked every month, www.familychiropractic.co.uk
Richard has had much experience working in the Cuban health service where Doctors are keen to incorporate drug free interventions (acupuncture and chiropractic) and prevention in their health care programmes www.henryreevebrigade.org

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