The Charity Commission for England and Wales has this morning published the outcome of their review into charitable status and the use and promotion of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies.
As a result of this review, the Commission is updating its approach to assessing the charitable status of such organisations. Guidance is now clearer that CAM organisations applying to register as charities will need to provide evidence that matches the claims that they make in order to demonstrate that they provide public benefit.
Organisations that claim to treat or cure a disease or condition will need to provide appropriate scientific evidence for their claims. CAM organisations that instead claim to provide comfort and relief to patients may be able to rely on other types of evidence, such as reports by patients, or observational studies based on patient responses, to demonstrate their public benefit.
This development reduces the risk of CAM organisations that cannot evidence the claims they make benefiting from charitable status.
A report has been published setting out the outcome of this review, which can be found online at the following address: Consultation on complementary and alternative medicines
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