Dame Annette Montague-Thomas
Trustee and Founder
Dame Annette Montague-Thomas, R.M.H., D.B.Th., D.O., F.U.R.H.P., is a Registered Medical Herbalist and botanist with over 30 years of experience, and the Founder of both The Global Natural Healthcare Trust in England and Lyme Disease GNHCT Scotland. She is based in the U.K. and in South Africa, where she runs clinics to help people with HIV/AIDS.
She trained as a medical herbalist with the General Council and Register of Consultant Herbalists (GCRCH – now the International Register of Consultant Herbalists and Homoeopaths – http://www.irch.org) in 1984-1989. She has the following qualifications:
- Diploma in Homeopathy from East Africa College of Homeopathy, Kenya, in 1974
- Qualified as a herbal consultant and certified Member of GCRCH in 1989
- Diploma in Botano-Therapy from GCRCH in 1989
- Diploma in Osteopathy from The Naturopathic & Osteopathic Training Centre (The Naturopathic & Osteopathic Guild Ltd.) in 1989 (no longer practising)
- Diploma in Physiotherapy from The Naturopathic & Osteopathic Training Centre (The Naturopathic & Osteopathic Guild Ltd.) in 1989 (no longer practising)
She is a Fellow of the Unified Register of Herbal Practitioners (URPH – https://www.urhp.com). URHP as an organisation is a member of the European Herbal & Traditional Medicine Practitioners Association (EHTPA – http://ehtpa.eu).
She was invested by Dr. Alessandro Manini, Secretary General of CISRI and President of the United Nations International Emergency Management Organisation (IEMO – http://www.iemo.it).
Because of her work with African HIV/AIDS patients, Annette was invested as Dama di Commenda (Italian Dame Commander) and presented with the “Highest Honour For Humanitarian Merit”, on 11th July 2016, at Palazzo Ca Rezzonico, Venice, Italy, by the Collaborative Inter-Governmental Scientific Research Institute (CISRI – http://www.cisri.org), a United Nations Inter-Governmental Organisation.
She is in good company as the award of “Highest Honour For Humanitarian Merit” has been presented to others including His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
“My commitment to helping those with serious health issues is very sincere. Although I respect Orthodox Medicine I have seen true healing time and time again with Homeopathy and Medical Herbalism. Everyone has the right to health.”
You are welcome to e-mail her with any questions about the charity on info@gnhct.com
Daniella Rubio
Trustee
Daniella Rubio is a Registered Learning Disability Nurse (RNLD) with a Degree in Mental Health and a Masters in Autism. Her passion is supporting people with disabilities to live fulfilling and rewarding lives as they choose to do so. She empowers the people she supports, ensuring they receive equitable services and are not discriminated against. She has worked within her speciality for over 18 years. This has included acute hospitals, forensic hospitals, social support and residential support.
She is currently the National Lead for Learning Disabilities and Autism for Bespoke Health and Social Care. Daniella, has a special interest in Lyme disease after seeing how people with Lyme are affected, how their lives change and how both the person with Lyme and their families struggle to live their life as they once did.
She is a mother of 4 and is especially keen to support families with Lyme to ensure they have as much knowledge and support of this illness as possible.
Philip Proctor
Trustee and Architect
Philip Proctor is an architect based in Dorset.
Phil Proctor has been with GNHCT English charity since its conception in 2001. Phil has devoted much time to overseeing the charity develop in Africa for those afflicted by HIV/AIDS and AIDS related disorders.
“It is now evident that GNHCT is changing in the UK and Scotland to embrace and care for those in need who are truly suffering with Lyme Disease. Natural healing with Medical Herbs and Homeopathy gives much hope to those that feel like they have no where else to go. We are determined to help as many as possible.”
He is also a Rotarian.
Linda Babington
Trustee
Linda has always had a natural interest in people and a strong ability to listen and offer support. After completing a relationship counselling course, she developed valuable experience helping people explore their own circumstances, ask the right questions and make decisions that were right for them. Throughout her varied working life, her roles have continued to centre around meeting, listening to and supporting people from all walks of life.
Linda first met Annette and became aware of GNHCT almost a decade ago, when her youngest grandson, Finlay, became seriously unwell with Lyme disease. After struggling to have his condition recognised, the family met Annette at a conference while searching for answers. Finlay lost more than three years of schooling and had to give up the physical activities he loved due to a severe lack of energy. Following appropriate testing and treatment, he has since made a full recovery and is doing well.
That experience gave Linda and her family a deep appreciation of the importance of being listened to, finding the right support and helping those affected by complex illnesses. Linda has great respect for the work of Annette and the GNHCT team and is extremely honoured to serve as a Trustee for GNHCT in Scotland.
Dr. Armin Schwarzbach
Medical Advisor
“I am delighted to come on board Lyme Disease GNHCT Scotland as Medical Advisor. This charity is trying its best to improve the quality of those afflicted by Lyme Disease.”
Dr. Armin Schwarzbach is a specialist in laboratory medicine and infectious diseases from Augsburg, Germany. He has been working in the field of diagnostic tests for Borrelia burgdorferi and co-infections for more than 20 years. He has tested more than 20,000 patients for different tick-borne diseases and multiple infections.
Having acquired a broad range of expertise, Dr. Schwarzbach recognized the problem of insensitivities and lacking standardization with regard to Borrelia burgdorferi antibody ELISA- and immunoblot-tests. He accomplished this by comparing these test results with the patients’ typical symptoms for Lyme disease.
Dr. Schwarzbach is also a member of the German Borreliosis Society, the Swiss Association for Tick-borne diseases, the German Association of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, the German Society for Medical Laboratory Specialists (DGKL) and the Australasian Integrative Medicine Association.