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Christie complementary therapist wins national "public servant" award
ARTICLE IN PRESS News update and forthcoming events and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The BHMA has been working closely with the MHRA and other Trade Associations in order to ensure the smooth transition to the new legislation. The Directive came into force on 30th April 2004 and required each member state to set up a registration scheme by 30th October 2005. Manufacturers have a seven year period of transition in which to submit products to the MHRA for registration approval. Dr. Dick Middleton, Chairman of the BHMA, stated that the organisation is looking forward to a new period when consumers can feel confident about the safety and quality of the products they buy and herbal medicines can be recommended with confidence by health professionals, ultimately leading to a prosperous future for herbal medicines. The BHMA was founded in 1964 to advance the science and practice of herbal medicine in the
75 United Kingdom and to ensure its continued statutory recognition at a time when all medicines were becoming subject to greater regulatory control. The BHMA was established on the principle that herbal remedies are medicines under UK law, and should be produced to medicine requirements for quality, safety and efficacy, rather than to lesser requirements for ‘‘dietary supplements’’ or healthfoods. The BHMA is the UK representative of (and provides the Secretariat for) the European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy (ESCOP), the body that has become recognised by the European Medicines Agency as providing the leading scientific resources on the therapeutic use of herbal medicinal products in the European Union. For further information, visit www.bhma.info British Herbal Medicine Association Tel.: 01628 400608 or 07768 475482
doi:10.1016/j.ctcp.2005.11.002
Christie complementary therapist wins national ‘public servant’ award
Peter Mackereth, who heads up the complementary therapy team at the Christie Hospital, won the hugely prestigious ‘Guardian Public Servant of the Year Award 2005’ on Tuesday night (Tuesday 29th November). Peter was up against four other people for the ‘Public Servant of the Year’ award: the Manager of Sunderland Youth Offending Service; Street Cleaning Manager at Barking & Dagenham Council; Senior Sister at Doncaster & South Humber Healthcare NHS Trust; and Paramedic and Team Leader at
Basildon Ambulance Station, Essex Ambulance NHS Trust. Under his leadership, the 10-year-old service has grown from two NHS paid workers into today’s regional and national award-winning team of 27 professionals and volunteers at Christie Hospital in the UK. As a result, cancer patients have derived physical and emotional relief from a range of complementary therapies seamlessly integrated with all other cancer treatments. To raise funds to finance staff and new equipment, he has organised public massage-athons at airports and shopping centres, fetes, classical concerts and has also addressed the Dublin Health Summit, Prince Charles and MPs. On winning the award Peter said: ‘‘I’m totally bowled over and honoured. After beavering away for years, this award is the most wonderful affirmation that we’re providing something patients want, value and see as part of their treatment at the Christie. This award will really boost my team’s morale and attract more support for our fundraisers so we can keep going. I’m so incredibly thrilled.’’
ARTICLE IN PRESS 76 Professor Joan Higgins, Chair at the Christie Hospital said:
Christie staff and his colleagues here all love working with him.
He has developed a ‘person-centred’ service which is of enormous benefit to patients. I am particularly proud that it is a service for carers as well as for patients and staff. His service really recognises the stresses and pressures which carers face, and how helping them can in turn help the patients. Peter is a lovely, warm and modest man. He is hugely respected by
Peter Mackereth and his complementary therapy team won the highly prestigious national Prince of Wales Award for ‘Good Practice in Integrated Healthcare’ in 2003; the Christie Hospital ‘Making a difference to patients’ award in 2004 (voted by hospital staff); and the Greater Manchester NHS Award for ‘Long Term Conditions’ in 2005. His team has also just been selected as a North regional finalist for the Health and Social Care Awards 2005.
doi:10.1016/j.ctcp.2005.12.001
75 United Kingdom and to ensure its continued statutory recognition at a time when all medicines were becoming subject to greater regulatory control. The BHMA was established on the principle that herbal remedies are medicines under UK law, and should be produced to medicine requirements for quality, safety and efficacy, rather than to lesser requirements for ‘‘dietary supplements’’ or healthfoods. The BHMA is the UK representative of (and provides the Secretariat for) the European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy (ESCOP), the body that has become recognised by the European Medicines Agency as providing the leading scientific resources on the therapeutic use of herbal medicinal products in the European Union. For further information, visit www.bhma.info British Herbal Medicine Association Tel.: 01628 400608 or 07768 475482
doi:10.1016/j.ctcp.2005.11.002
Christie complementary therapist wins national ‘public servant’ award
Peter Mackereth, who heads up the complementary therapy team at the Christie Hospital, won the hugely prestigious ‘Guardian Public Servant of the Year Award 2005’ on Tuesday night (Tuesday 29th November). Peter was up against four other people for the ‘Public Servant of the Year’ award: the Manager of Sunderland Youth Offending Service; Street Cleaning Manager at Barking & Dagenham Council; Senior Sister at Doncaster & South Humber Healthcare NHS Trust; and Paramedic and Team Leader at
Basildon Ambulance Station, Essex Ambulance NHS Trust. Under his leadership, the 10-year-old service has grown from two NHS paid workers into today’s regional and national award-winning team of 27 professionals and volunteers at Christie Hospital in the UK. As a result, cancer patients have derived physical and emotional relief from a range of complementary therapies seamlessly integrated with all other cancer treatments. To raise funds to finance staff and new equipment, he has organised public massage-athons at airports and shopping centres, fetes, classical concerts and has also addressed the Dublin Health Summit, Prince Charles and MPs. On winning the award Peter said: ‘‘I’m totally bowled over and honoured. After beavering away for years, this award is the most wonderful affirmation that we’re providing something patients want, value and see as part of their treatment at the Christie. This award will really boost my team’s morale and attract more support for our fundraisers so we can keep going. I’m so incredibly thrilled.’’
ARTICLE IN PRESS 76 Professor Joan Higgins, Chair at the Christie Hospital said:
Christie staff and his colleagues here all love working with him.
He has developed a ‘person-centred’ service which is of enormous benefit to patients. I am particularly proud that it is a service for carers as well as for patients and staff. His service really recognises the stresses and pressures which carers face, and how helping them can in turn help the patients. Peter is a lovely, warm and modest man. He is hugely respected by
Peter Mackereth and his complementary therapy team won the highly prestigious national Prince of Wales Award for ‘Good Practice in Integrated Healthcare’ in 2003; the Christie Hospital ‘Making a difference to patients’ award in 2004 (voted by hospital staff); and the Greater Manchester NHS Award for ‘Long Term Conditions’ in 2005. His team has also just been selected as a North regional finalist for the Health and Social Care Awards 2005.
doi:10.1016/j.ctcp.2005.12.001