Research Information

Most patients come to us because their friends or relatives have had benefit from a particular treatment or from seeing a particular therapist, some come on the recommendation of their GP or other healthcare practitioner.

The research evidence base for many complementary and alternative medicines is slowly growing, but there are many problems with regards to funding this type of research, and ensuring that the correct research methods are used. To view the clinical trial evidence for homeopathy, acupuncture, osteopathy, herbal medicine we recommend you go to the following website http://www.library.nhs.uk/cam/ .

Clare Relton, director of Wellforce and a homeopath at Wellforce, is a trained health services researcher and Department of Health funded training research fellow working at the University of Sheffield. She has conducted audits of homeopathic treatment for women with menopausal and PMS symptoms. Clare is currently running two pilot clinical trials - Homeopathic treatment for patients with fibromyalgia and homeopathic treatment for patients with menopausal hot flushes. She is currently writing her PhD titled "Appropriate trial design for homeopathy" which will be published in early 2008.

Clare is very keen to see the evidence base for homeopathy improve and for the results of homeopathy research to be both relevant and better understood. With this aim in mind, she will be launching the Homeopathy Research Instittute. at the end of 2007 with her co director Dr Alexander Tournier. See their latest newsletter for 2008.