Dear Sir or Madam,

Please could you send me copies of:

1) any correspondence (letters or emails) between the GCC and the
British Chiropractic Association, or any of its officers or staff,
regarding Simon Singh and the current BCA libel case;

2) any communications you have made to your members that mention
the same case.

Yours faithfully,

Andy Lewis

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Dear Andy

Just to firstly confirm of receipt of your request under the Freedom of
Information Act.

Secondly. a point of clarification, when you mention members in your
second point are you referring to registrants or members of Council?
Please confirm.

Regards

Paul

Paul Ghuman

Business Manager

General Chiropractic Council

E-mail: [General Chiropractic Council request email]

44 Wicklow Street, London, WC1X 9HL

Tel: 020 7713 5155 - Fax: 020 7713 5844

Website: www.gcc-uk.org

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Dear Paul Ghuman,

To clarify my point: I am interested in communications with
chiropractors or their representative associations, such as the
BCA, made as a result of the issues raised by the Simon Singh case.
In particular, any communications regarding the very large volumes
of complaints that have recently been made to the GCC and the
nature of chiropractic treatment for childhood illness.

Yours sincerely,

Andy Lewis

Dear Andy

Please provide address details for information to be sent.

1. I can advise you that we have had no correspondence between the GCC and
the BCA regarding the libel case that you refer to.

2. The only email communication between the GCC and the BCA in relation to
the libel case was a briefing note issued following a meeting with the
professional associations in May 2009.

3. There has been some correspondence in relation to the large volume of
complaints.

4. There has been correspondence with the professional associations on the
evidence base in relation to the patient information leaflet issued by the
GCC. Some individual chiropractors have also requested this information.

Once I receive your address details I will send out the information stated
above.

Please note that I am on annual leave from the 29th June to the 7th July
inclusive.

Regards

Paul

Paul Ghuman

Business Manager

General Chiropractic Council

E-mail: [General Chiropractic Council request email]

44 Wicklow Street, London, WC1X 9HL

Tel: 020 7713 5155 - Fax: 020 7713 5844

Website: www.gcc-uk.org

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Dear Paul Ghuman,

Under section 8.1.b of the FOI Act an "address for correspondence"
can include an email address and the one I am using here should be
sufficient.

Under the Ministry of Justice guidelines, "if a request is received
by email and no postal address is given, the email address should
be treated as the return address."

http://www.justice.gov.uk/guidance/foi-p...

If you have paper copies then a scan will be sufficient for me.

Yours sincerely,

Andy Lewis

Thank you for your message.

I am currently on annual leave and will return to the office on 8th July
2009.

All urgent finance related enquiries can be dealt with by contacting
Rejitha Jeyasingham at [email address].

For all other urgent enquiries, please contact Margaret Coats at
[email address].

Paul

Dear Andy

Please find attached info as requested.

Regards

Paul

Paul Ghuman

Business Manager

General Chiropractic Council

E-mail: [1][General Chiropractic Council request email]

44 Wicklow Street, London, WC1X 9HL

Tel: 020 7713 5155 - Fax: 020 7713 5844

Website: www.gcc-uk.org

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From: Paul Ghuman
Sent: 26 June 2009 17:28
To: 'Andy Lewis'
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Simon Singh Libel Case

Dear Andy

Please provide address details for information to be sent.

1. I can advise you that we have had no correspondence between the GCC and
the BCA regarding the libel case that you refer to.

2. The only email communication between the GCC and the BCA in relation to
the libel case was a briefing note issued following a meeting with the
professional associations in May 2009.

3. There has been some correspondence in relation to the large volume of
complaints.

4. There has been correspondence with the professional associations on the
evidence base in relation to the patient information leaflet issued by the
GCC. Some individual chiropractors have also requested this information.

Once I receive your address details I will send out the information stated
above.

Please note that I am on annual leave from the 29th June to the 7th July
inclusive.

Regards

Paul

Paul Ghuman

Business Manager

General Chiropractic Council

E-mail: [General Chiropractic Council request email]

44 Wicklow Street, London, WC1X 9HL

Tel: 020 7713 5155 - Fax: 020 7713 5844

Website: www.gcc-uk.org

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