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	<title>Zeno&#039;s Blog &#187; Government</title>
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		<title>The business of regulation</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2011/05/the-business-of-regulation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 22:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simon Perry has been having an interesting email conversation with Maggy Wallace, Executive Chair of the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council. There have been a few emails back and forth — and it would be best to read the conversation before continuing — but I felt I needed to add my tuppence-worth: &#160; Hi Maggy I&#8217;ve been following your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Active ingredients: still none (hopefully)</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2011/02/active-ingredients-still-none-hopefully/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While some of us were composing our considered responses to the MHRA&#8217;s consultation on homeopathy, supporters of the magic sugar pills panicked and urged friends and homeopaths to flood the MHRA with their ill-considered responses. This orchestrated campaign was leaked last night and gave us all a good laugh. It was obvious the writer of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Active ingredients: None</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2011/01/active-ingredients-none/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 01:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s what all homeopathic &#8216;medicines&#8217; should say on their labels because that is precisely what they contain: no active ingredients. Saying anything different is misleading the public. For various unfathomable reasons, we have the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) regulating a non-medicine and a non-healthcare product. They don&#8217;t really even regulate homeopathic products. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Mass Libel Reform Blog – Fight for Free Speech!</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2010/11/the-mass-libel-reform-blog-%e2%80%93-fight-for-free-speech/</link>
		<comments>http://www.zenosblog.com/2010/11/the-mass-libel-reform-blog-%e2%80%93-fight-for-free-speech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week is the first anniversary of the report Free Speech is Not for Sale, which highlighted the oppressive nature of English libel law. In short, the law is extremely hostile to writers, while being unreasonably friendly towards powerful corporations and individuals who want to silence critics. The English libel law is particularly dangerous for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NHS Tayside want to employ a new doctor</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2010/08/nhs-tayside-want-to-employ-a-new-doctor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.zenosblog.com/2010/08/nhs-tayside-want-to-employ-a-new-doctor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:31:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very laudable indeed, particularly in these economically tough times — we all need to tighten our belts (so we&#8217;re told). But there are sick people out there needing healed. But this isn&#8217;t just any doctor. They want a specialty doctor. A specialty doctor in homeopathy, no less. They describe the job thus (cached): NHS Tayside [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>46</slash:comments>
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		<title>My local NHS Trust and AltMed</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2010/08/my-local-nhs-trust-and-altmed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever anxious to ensure the taxpayer isn’t paying for bogus therapies, I though it was about time I asked my local NHS trust. I duly sent a Freedom of Information Act request to the North West London Hospitals NHS Trust. I wanted to get a comprehensive understanding of what AltMed therapies they indulged in. Their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Standing up for science and evidence</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2010/06/standing-up-for-science-and-evidence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.zenosblog.com/2010/06/standing-up-for-science-and-evidence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Science and evidence frequently have a hard time surviving in the seat of our democracy, but it seems it is going to become even more difficult in this new session, particularly where health is concerned. David Tredinnick (Conservative, Bosworth) — he of astrology software expenses fame — put down four Early Day Motions about homeopathy a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>OfQuack: not fit for purpose</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2010/04/ofquack-not-fit-for-purpose/</link>
		<comments>http://www.zenosblog.com/2010/04/ofquack-not-fit-for-purpose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fellow scourge of chiropractors, Simon Perry, has just blogged about the admission by the CNHC — the quack&#8217;s regulator — that they are refusing to, well, regulate: OfQuack launches six-month bullshit amnesty: the regulator that doesn’t regulate. This, and some news today that the Government is minded to let OfQuack regulate even more quacks, prompted [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>NHS Choices</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2010/03/nhs-choices/</link>
		<comments>http://www.zenosblog.com/2010/03/nhs-choices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NHS Choices website has the tag line &#8220;Your health, your choices&#8221; and aims to inform the public: NHS Choices is the online &#8216;front door&#8217; to the NHS. It is the country&#8217;s biggest health website and gives all the information you need to make choices about your health. They provide first-rate information about your health, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mass Lobby for Libel Reform</title>
		<link>http://www.zenosblog.com/2010/03/mass-lobby-for-libel-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.zenosblog.com/2010/03/mass-lobby-for-libel-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know who your MP is? If you don&#8217;t, you can find him or her on the excellent They Work for You website. Why is this important? Well, in case you&#8217;ve been hibernating all winter (and who could blame you), there&#8217;s going to be a General Election fairly soon and there&#8217;s no better time [...]]]></description>
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