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10th October 2009

Herbal Medicine under threat

If we want to preserve access to medicines which have an unbroken history going back thousands of years we need to ACT NOW. In spite of 10 years of negotiation and a 2008 Steering Group which recommended that Statutory Regulation should go ahead, the Government has issued yet another unnecessary consultation document:

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Liveconsultations/DH_103567

I am asking visitors to my site to write to the Department of Health
immediately with a response to this Consultation Document. Replies must be received by the end of October to be valid. They should be sent to:-

AHMTCM Consultation Team
Department of Health
Room 2N09
Quarry House
Quarry Hill
Leeds LS2 7UE

Alternatively you may wish to respond to the document directly online via the automated response system:

http://www.info.doh.gov.uk/questionnaire/ahmtcm_consultion.nsf.

Many of the questions you may find difficult or impossible to answer. That's fine - just say so. If you would prefer some guidance on how to complete the consultation, go to www.nimh.org.uk and click on the green square on the home page. You will find specimen answers to the questions as well as specimen letters for your MP.

You may find it easier to send an email to your MP - you will find this facility at http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/