WP_Post Object
(
[ID] => 17440
[post_author] => 1367
[post_date] => 2019-05-31 12:16:03
[post_date_gmt] => 2019-05-31 11:16:03
[post_content] => A Society-funded community clinic in Axminster is providing people who would not otherwise have tried homeopathy for financial reasons with a chance to benefit from its services.
The clinic, run by Patricia Moroney and Jacquie Haylett, has been based in the Devon town’s Health and Wellbeing Centre since September 2018, running for four hours each fortnight.
It offers patients on low incomes and/or in receipt of benefits three or four appointments at a nominal cost per consultation of £5 and has proved popular in its first year.
People taking up the offer have tended to be older and have often presented symptoms of stress and anxiety.
“It became apparent that each case needed to be evaluated after four sessions. With complex cases where there were clear signs of improvement, we continued to see the patient and kept them under review," Patricia said. “Patients referred themselves and we took on trust their assessment of their finances rather than ask for evidence.”
Most of the patients saw a good improvement in their presenting symptoms while a few dropped out after the initial consultation, mostly because of a lack of ‘an instant fix’ to a longstanding problem or condition, she added.
Around the time of the launch, the centre - which offers a variety of therapies and also accommodates the local food bank - simultaneously launched its own, separately funded, low-cost complementary therapies initiative, enabling the two operations to work in tandem.
“The centre has supported the project by advertising and promoting the service and making referrals to us. We also allocated a portion of our grant from the Society to advertising in the local press and flyer distribution,” Patricia said.
[post_title] => Community clinic services for people on low incomes proving popular
[post_excerpt] =>
[post_status] => publish
[comment_status] => open
[ping_status] => open
[post_password] =>
[post_name] => community-clinic-services-for-people-on-low-incomes-proving-popular
[to_ping] =>
[pinged] =>
[post_modified] => 2019-05-31 12:16:03
[post_modified_gmt] => 2019-05-31 11:16:03
[post_content_filtered] =>
[post_parent] => 0
[guid] => https://homeopathy-soh.org/?p=17440
[menu_order] => 0
[post_type] => post
[post_mime_type] =>
[comment_count] => 0
[filter] => raw
)
A Society-funded community clinic in Axminster is providing people who would not otherwise have tried homeopathy for financial reasons with a chance to benefit from its services.
The clinic, run by Patricia Moroney and Jacquie Haylett, has been based in the Devon town’s Health and Wellbeing Centre since September 2018, running for four hours each fortnight.
It offers patients on low incomes and/or in receipt of benefits three or four appointments at a nominal cost per consultation of £5 and has proved popular in its first year.
People taking up the offer have tended to be older and have often presented symptoms of stress and anxiety.
“It became apparent that each case needed to be evaluated after four sessions. With complex cases where there were clear signs of improvement, we continued to see the patient and kept them under review,” Patricia said. “Patients referred themselves and we took on trust their assessment of their finances rather than ask for evidence.”
Most of the patients saw a good improvement in their presenting symptoms while a few dropped out after the initial consultation, mostly because of a lack of ‘an instant fix’ to a longstanding problem or condition, she added.
Around the time of the launch, the centre – which offers a variety of therapies and also accommodates the local food bank – simultaneously launched its own, separately funded, low-cost complementary therapies initiative, enabling the two operations to work in tandem.
“The centre has supported the project by advertising and promoting the service and making referrals to us. We also allocated a portion of our grant from the Society to advertising in the local press and flyer distribution,” Patricia said.