Following the Advertising Standard Authority's (ASA's) decision to break its links with the Nightingale Collaboration and end the associated systematic attacks on Complementary Medicine, this campaign website has been taken down

If you need advice on this issue, beyond what is available from your governing body, then we suggest you try the The Alliance for Natural Health

The ASA will still attack complementary therapists websites on an individual basis...

We recommend you:

  • Ignore communications from the ASA regarding websites. Remember they have no legal authority and all responses are entirely voluntary
  • Or complain to the ASA about letters they issue masquerading as regulatory or governmental bodies not meeting their own code of practice.
  • Write to your MP complaining about the harassment activities of the ASA and its underhand practices. Ask that your MP writes to the ASA and demand that they adapt their codes to protect your human rights and use complementary therapists to develop those new codes.

  • NB: Please check with your governing body that your website complies with UK legislation Our campaign was against the ASA, its codes and how it implements them, not the UK law - which includes Human Rights legislation giving you the right to a practice. The ASA codes appear to be ignoring and contravening that legislation.

  • Most governing bodies are now in discussions and negotiations with the ASA. Write to your professional body to find out their position. Make sure they are battling hard with the ASA to protect your rights. Some professional bodies are working hard to protect their members rights, unfortunately others are treating the ASA as if it knows something about the promotion of complementary therapies while it has demonstrated time and time again IT DOES NOT.

 

 

THANKS AGAIN TO ALL THE PRACTITIONERS, THERAPISTS AND PATIENTS THAT SUPPORTED THIS CAMPAIGN AND GOOD LUCK TO ANYONE UNLUCKY ENOUGH TO BE UNFAIRLY ATTACKED BY THE ASA IN THE FUTURE

We have left our useful links page discussion page and FAQs page in place