162: Homeopathy Health with Atiq Ahmad Bhatti & Naila Cheema - Episode 162162: Homeopathy Health with Atiq Ahmad Bhatti & Naila Cheema - Episode 162
UK Health Radio Podcast
Hosts Atiq Ahmad Bhatti and Naila Cheema talk with Homeopathy UK CEO Monica Price about expanding affordable clinics, supporting mental health and building research and awareness around homeopathy. The conversation highlights a vision of homeopathy working alongside conventional medicine, with a special focus on younger generations and international collaboration.
47:42•23 Apr 2026
Homeopathy UK’s Big Year: Clinics, Young People and a Fresh Take on Healthcare
Episode Overview
- Homeopathy UK is expanding affordable clinics across the UK, with high demand showing strong public interest in homeopathic care.
- Mental health concerns such as anxiety, stress and depression are described as the most common reasons people seek homeopathic support.
- Monica emphasises a more integrative approach, where homeopathy works alongside conventional medicine rather than replacing it.
- The charity is focusing on Gen Z and students, offering clinic observation and encouraging younger generations to consider homeopathy as a career.
- Research, international collaboration and public events like the Celebration of Homeopathy are seen as key to making homeopathy a normal, everyday healthcare option.
“We’ve got to make it the norm. We’ve got to make homeopathy the norm.”
What can we learn from people trying to reshape modern healthcare? This conversation on the Homeopathy Health Show brings together hosts Atiq Ahmad Bhatti and Naila Cheema with guest Monica Price, chief executive of Homeopathy UK, to chat frankly about where homeopathy fits into today’s health system and where it might be heading.
Monica, who has a long background in nutrition, media and complementary medicine, explains that her mission as a charity leader is simple: raise public awareness and make homeopathy accessible and affordable. She talks about Homeopathy UK’s ten busy clinics across the country, including a neuro‑degenerative disease clinic in London that sees people with Parkinson’s, dementia, multiple sclerosis, autism and ADHD.
For Monica, the long waiting lists are clear evidence that, as she puts it, “there’s a need.” You’ll hear plenty about mental health too. Anxiety, stress and depression are described as the main reasons people come to the charity’s clinics, especially younger people influenced by social media pressures. Monica stresses that homeopathy is meant to sit alongside conventional care, offering “a more integrative use of medicine”, rather than asking anyone to abandon their GP or prescriptions.
The chat has a lively, hopeful tone, with jokes about needing a nine‑day week and even a nod to Star Trek, but it’s grounded in practical plans: expanding low‑cost clinics, bringing students into real‑life practice, building international partnerships, and developing research so sceptics can read proper studies. There’s also excitement about a big “Celebration of Homeopathy” event, ambassadors from music and celebrity circles, and historical artefacts from Samuel Hahnemann to connect the past with the future.
If you’re curious about complementary health, wondering how homeopathy might sit alongside standard treatment, or thinking about training in this field, this chat offers a energetic look at a charity trying to make homeopathy part of everyday life. Could more choice in healthcare be exactly what people are asking for?
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