BBC Removes Complimentary Medicine Content
This may not affect the majority of our readers - who tend to be from the USA - but the BBC website is one of the most accessed in the world and is truly global in coverage. When they decided to remove all their complimentary medicine coverage, therapists in the UK decided to protest. We thought it was worth a line or two here."You may not be aware that last week the controllers of BBC Health www.bbc.co.uk/health the health section on one of the most accessed websites in the world, decided to remove all coverage of complementary medicine!
They used to have substantial coverage with over 40 pages on this subject covering all the major therapies, their pros and cons, evidence for their effectiveness, how to find a qualified practitioner, etc.
However the site has in recent months been targeted by the self-appointed 'Quackbusters', (scientists and medics vehemently opposed to complementary therapies such as Prof David Colquhon et al) who sent a deluge of letters and emails claiming that complementary therapies such as homeopathy and cranial osteopathy were 'unscientific' and should be removed. As a result large chunks of this part of the site were simply removed overnight and now, following recent cutbacks, it was decided that, rather than update this part of the site, it should simply be removed altogether!
If you care about complementary medicine and believe information pages on it should be returned to BBCi, please, please take just a minute to express your views using their online comment form at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/feedback/ to make your view known. As a public service company they to listen to your views so your email will make a difference."
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