Dr Edward Thompson
NHS General Practitioner
Title of presentation:
Dancing in the Dragon's Mouth - Front Line Homeopathy in NHS Primary Care
Dr Edward Thompson
MB ChB, MA, MRCGP, MSc Med Ed, FFHom, FURHP, Dip BSLM, FHEA
Dr Edward Thompson is an NHS GP Partner in Cumbria, a medical undergraduate and postgraduate educator, and an expert in Integrative Medicine.
He studied Homeopathy at the College of Homeopathy (LCH) from 1990-1993 and was awarded Fellowship of the Faculty of Homeopathy in 2024, having received his MFHom in 2017. He graduated from Leicester Medical School (MB ChB) in 2007, completed his GP training in 2012, was awarded an MSc in Medical Education in 2024 and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
He has also studied herbal and traditional systems of medicine, completing the East West Course in herbal medicine (EWCH) in 1994 and the Ayurvedic Medicine Studies Program at the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, USA, in 1994.
He studied Chinese herbal medicine with the Renshu College of Chinese Medicine (Dip CHM), qualifying in 2000, as well as Acupuncture at The Southwest College of Oriental Medicine (Dip. Ac.), from which he qualified in 1998. He completed a Diploma in Lifestyle Medicine in 2020 (Dip BSLM).
He is also a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP), a Fellow of the Unified Register of Herbal Practitioners (FURHP) and a member of The British Society of Ecological Medicine.
