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2010 Plans

Vision Statement: Homeopathy for All

Mission statement:

Develop existing membership services
Improve business support through free business coaching, awareness of practice insurance, a user-friendly and informative website, a thriving intranet system to facilitate communication and exchange of ideas and a stimulating programme for Continuing Professional Development

Maintain a continuing focus on research, to provide reliable information for practitioners and to support evidence-based Public Relations

Ensure that the research section of the web site is properly structured, easily accessible, kept up to date and fully referenced

Organise a further networking day for homeopaths involved in research, plus two research seminars

Continue to promote greater understanding of the benefits of insurance with The Society to students and registered members via planned programme of events

Continue to offer a good range of Continuing Professional Development workshops throughout the UK

Continue to support Newly-Registered Members through provision of Induction Days and 'Healthy Practice' workshops

Organise a Continuing Professional Development workshop for supervisors and update the lists of 'supervisors' and 'approved supervisors' on the website

Continue to promote FirstClass Mail via the Induction days, Newsletter, web site and e-bulletins

Continue to maintain and update The Society’s web site and increase practice support information for members

Offer a two-day conference in April offering split payments.

Organise a two-day seminar in the autumn with one speaker

Continue to market TradCo merchandise alongside campaign theme ideas such as ‘Stress and Anxiety in the workplace’ or ‘Women and Children’

Redesign layout of the journal ‘The Homeopath’ and implement any change in content/format following feedback from 2009 readers survey

Continue 2009 marketing campaign for clinic credit card system to membership via newsletter features, mailing of promotional material and email bulletin

Continue the promotion of free business coaching service to Society members. Also to students, newly qualified, resigned and other membership organisations to encourage joining The Society

Introduce New Services to members
Offer an on-line members handbook outlining membership benefits and how to get the best out of Society membership

Work with other organisations to offer additional benefits to members

Networking – encourage more networking for members via local groups on FirstClass Mail

Promote The Society and its members and attract new members
Promote the supportive side of Professional Conduct to members and prospective members through publications and the internet

Write regular articles for the Newsletter on all aspects of Professional Conduct for the membership

Continue to market Continuing Professional Development to a wider audience within The Society and also to non-Society homeopaths

Promote press release template service for members to personalise to maximise local publicity

Promote new membership categories such as International Affiliate

Ensure that course providers have up-to-date information about The Society and services

Continue to run Continuing Professional Development ‘taster sessions’ in selected colleges as a means of signposting students to The Society and its Continuing Professional Conduct courses

Uphold professional standards
Continue to ensure there are robust systems and procedures in place to support regulatory functions for as long as The Society retains them

Continue to operate a system to maintain ongoing course recognition until such time as an independent accreditation board is established

Implement changes from the Professional Conduct Review following the outcome of the pilot

To update the Code of Ethics and Practice, for approval by the membership at the 2010 AGM

Continue to review and revise The Society’s registration procedure to ensure that we uphold the highest professional standards

Organise workshops for existing and potential reviewers to ensure consistency of standards

Develop ethical guidelines for provings

Continue to offer research guidance and Society ethical approval via the research committee and research ethics committee

Progress the statutory regulation of homeopaths as well as support the establishment of an independent accreditation body for homeopaths
Communicate the importance of membership with The Society alongside registration with the new regulatory body

Define what role Professional Conduct support can play in the future of The Society as a membership organisation

Support the establishment and continuation of proper and effective Professional Conduct processes in any new regulatory body for homeopaths

Maintain regulatory function to support application to Health Professions Council and submit a formal application

Continue to publicise the work of the research committee and the research ethics committee to The Society’s membership as an important benefit, through publications, e-bulletins, conferences and the web site

Review Society requirements and procedures relating to registration and Continuing Professional Conduct in the context of likely requirements and procedures for statutory regulation and make amendments as necessary

Ensure that there are appropriate transitional arrangements in place to any new registering body for both established RSHom’s and Newly Registered Members still in process

Ensure that there are appropriate transitional arrangements for course recognition until such time as an independent accreditation system is established

Raise general awareness of homeopathy
RSHom: Promote the fact that our members have agreed to abide by our Code of Ethics & Practice, Core Criteria and National Occupation Standards

Support Communications and members on an ongoing basis with research information for media enquiries and publicity material

Work alongside external bodies (profit and not for profit) to establish reciprocity and raise awareness about the value and benefits of homeopathy and The Society of Homeopaths

Continue to develop and implement new initiatives to raise the profile of the organisation and homeopathy

Continue to develop and maintain relationships with key media contacts

Run Homeopathy Awareness Week (HAW) in 2010, to enable members to raise the profile of both homeopathy and their own practices at local level

Campaign for increased awareness and provision of homeopathy through All Party Parliamentary Group On Complementary Health, ECCH and Department of Health

Promote the RSHom brand as the ‘gold standard’ for the public to look for via comprehensive campaign

Position The Society as the number one contact organisation for the media