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NSK – Nordic Co-operation Committee
for non-conventional
Medicine
What is NSK?
Nordic Co-operation Committee for non-conventional Medicine is an association for the branschorganizations for complementary and alternative medicine practitioners in the Nordic countries.
The Nordic organizations have agreed upon the importance of a high standard on health treatments in the complementary and alternative medicine field.
NSK has noticed, that the complementary/ alternative medicine and the conventional medicine are working from different paradigms. Their standards can therefore not be measured. The disciplines can therefore not be integrated, but their co-operation must be increased due to the benefit of the clients, in order to keep their sovereignty and distinguishing markers according to the inclusive model of WHO (WHO Strategy for Traditional Medicine/Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2002-2005)
Work
and fundamental goals of NSK
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To stimulate the use of complementary- and alternative medicine within the Nordic countries
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To support a united Nordic market for the practitioners
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To work for an unified educational level for practitioners, including basic education in medicine
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An ethical regulation form for all Nordic countries
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To straiten the position of the practitioners within the health care system and the society
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To increase the co-operation on European level
•To establish a National Center in each country It is of great importance that a National Centre with research section shall be able to handle the research within the area of traditional medicine/complementary- and alternative medicine and gives the possibility for several research units to be able to apply for support. Complementary- and alternative medicine practitioners must be fundamentally represented. Concerning the finances they must be included in the state budget.
A National centre must be internationally oriented and seek for co- operation with similar institutes within the other Nordic countries.
State Registration was approved in
• Denmark June 2004
• Norway September 2004
• Iceland May 2005
• Sweden January 2006?
• Finland -
The quality of the practitioners is secured through :
- A common high educational level in basic medicine for complementary and alternative medicine practitioners (Borgå 2001, model is Guidelines for basic medicine training by KAM, Sweden).
- A common high educational level in the treatment forms.
- To guarantee a high ethical level using common ethical rules (Norway, Oslo 2002) including good clinical practice To secure the clients through insurance.
- Obligated follow up education
- Every country should have a complaining department for the users.
- Common journal applications.
Activity report:
| 2000 – 03 |
Copenhagen,
NSK was founded |
| 2000 – 10 |
Reykjavik,
Communication strategy and planning |
| 2001 – 06 |
Borgå,
Resolution concerning registration for proper use of
TM/CAM, security and quality assurance of practitioners |
| 2001 – 09 |
Stockholm,
meeting with politicians, the antroposofical hospital
Vidar clinic |
| 2002 – 04 |
Oslo,
resolution about an own discipline, approval of common
Nordic ethical rules, application
to The Nordic Council. |
| 2002 – 05 |
NSK
get its WHO status as a body for referral of documents
for consideration |
| 2002 – 08 |
Answer
to WHO on referral document |
| 2002 – 09 |
Copenhagen,
ViFAB, The House of Health, research and availability
of herbs on the European market |
| 2003 – 03 |
Answer
to WHO on referral document |
| 2003 – 04 |
Reykjavik,
Declaration for proper use of TM/CAM, security and quality
assurance of complementary and alternative medicine practitioners.
Meeting with a governmental TM/CAM committee |
| 2003 – 05 |
Participation
at the Annual World Health Congress in Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2003 – 05 |
Answer
to WHO on referral document |
| 2003
- 06 |
Arrangement
for Swedish politicians in Denmark |
| 2003 – 11 |
Kuopio,
Conference on the University of Kuopio, National Centre
Strategy |
| 2003 – 12 |
WHO
Conference for complementary and alternative medicine
in Milan, Italy |
| 2003 – 12 |
Answer
to WHO on referral document |
| 2004 – 03 |
Stockholm,
EU Directives, panel debate, meeting with politicians |
| 2004 – 05 |
Arrangement
for Swedish politicians in Denmark |
| 2004 – 07 |
Answer
to WHO on referral document |
| 2004 – 10 |
Oslo,
development of state registration of complementary and
alternative medicine practitioners in four countries,
leaflet |
| 2004 – 12 |
WHO
conference for complementary and alternative medicine
Milan, Italy |
| 2005 – 01 |
Arrangement
for Swedish politicians in Denmark and Norway |
| 2005
– 04 |
Roskilde,
development of state registration of complementary and
alternative medicine practitioners in four countries,
leaflet |
| 2005 – 09 |
Answer to WHO on referral document |
| 2005 – 09 |
Corresponding member to ECHAMP (European Coalition for Homeopathic and Anthroposophic Medicinal Products) |
| 2005 – 10 |
Reykjavik, BIG 5 year anniversary |
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International contacts
KAM The Committee for Alternative Medicine, Sweden www.kam.se
NNH Norwegian Natural Medicine Association, Norway www.nnh.no
LNS
Landsorganisation Natursundhedsrådet, Denmark www.l-n-s.dk
BIG The Association of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
in Iceland www.big.is
LKL
Luonnonlääketinteen
keskusliitto ry, Finland www.lkl.fi
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