Professional meeting

From 24 to 26 May, 79 medical professionals came together for the 2019 UK Medical Section Conference at the Steiner Academy Hereford and gave Anthroposophic Medicine a new impulse.

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Matthias Girke, the leader of the Medical Section at the Goetheanum (CH) helped us recognize how the Raphaelic activity and beings of nature can support not only our bodily but also our soul well-being, so that our body and soul have the potential to support Michaelic spiritual insight and free initiative.

Looking at the silver lining

Doctors and therapist face great challenges in the UK. Nineteen years ago seven anthroposophic medical practices connected to the National Health Service were involved in a common research project; now in 2019 only three of these practices remain. Due to low prescribing and medicine sales as well as licensing pressures Weleda uk have reduced their list of stocked anthroposophic medicines from some 2000 to around 400 of which only around 40 are licensed and available without prescription.

Contrasting with this were reports on a multiplicity of training initiatives and courses including the Anthroposophic Psychotherapy Training, a burgeoning Mental Health Seminar, a new training for School Healthcare Practitioners, a Rhythmical Einreibung Training, a new AnthroHealth interdisciplinary training, the Medical Section supporting the British Training in Anthroposophic Medicine to become available for doctors world-wide; a Eurythmy Therapy Training recently starting a new cycle, Tobias School of Art and Therapy with its recognised Transpersonal Arts in Therapy Training.

Another task of the Conference was to find a new Coordinator for the Medical Section in the UK. The decision was made to find a group of representatives of the various health care professions to form a circle like IKAM to recommend a new coordinator.

In addition two of the doctors undertook to organize regular meetings of the Anthroposophic Medical Association.

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