Consultation on complementary and alternative medicines

This consultation is about the Commission’s approach to deciding whether an organisation which uses or promotes CAM therapies is a charity. For an organisation to be charitable, its purposes must be exclusively charitable. Some purposes relate to health and to relieve the needs of the elderly and disabled.

We are seeking views on:

• the level and nature of evidence to support CAM
• conflicting and inconsistent evidence
• alternative therapies and the risk of harm
• palliative alternative therapy