The FHT Blog

Category: Events

  • FHT award winner profile: Alison Brown, FFHT

    FHT Fellow, complementary therapist and business mentor, Alison Brown, has won an award for providing support and advice to other professional therapists in her area (and beyond…) The award was presented to Alison at the 2018 FHT Conference: Supporting the Integrated Healthcare Agenda, held at The King’s Fund, London, on 29 November. Organised by the…

  • FHT award winner profile: Nefeli Tsiouti, MFHT

    Cyprus-based sports massage therapist, choreographer and dancer, Nefeli Tsiouti, won the title of 2018 FHT Sports Therapist of the Year. Nefeli Tsiouti (centre), with award sponsor, Charlie Preston, from Physique Management (left) and FHT Vice President and awards judge, Herman Fenton (right) The award, sponsored by Physique Management, was presented to Nefeli at the 2018…

  • FHT award winner profile: Jane Sheehan, MFHT

    FHT member Jane Sheehan has won the title of 2018 FHT Complementary Therapist of the Year. Jane Sheehan (right) with FHT Vice President and awards judge, Mary Dalgleish (left) The award was presented to Jane at the 2018 FHT Conference: Supporting the Integrated Healthcare Agenda, held at The King’s Fund, London, on 29 November. Organised…

  • Announcing the 2018 FHT Excellence Award winners

    Congratulations to all our winners and finalists at yesterday’s 2018 FHT Excellence Awards! Held at The King’s Fund, London, on 29 November, the awards followed the FHT Conference, where leading experts in research, education and health and social care discussed the integration of complementary therapies into mainstream care. Conference and awards host, Janey Lee Grace—a…

  • FHT Conference supports integrated healthcare

    At yesterday’s FHT Conference we were delighted to bring together leading experts in research, education and health and social care, to discuss the integration of complementary therapies into mainstream care. Held at The King’s Fund, London, on 29 November, the conference got under way with two presentations that focused on research. Professor Nicola Robinson discussed…

  • Learn how you can be a part of the future of healthcare at the 2018 FHT Conference

    Our current healthcare system is under a huge amount of pressure, and the value of professional therapists like you in helping to alleviate this is being increasingly recognised. The integrated healthcare agenda seeks to take a more holistic, person-centred approach to care that is better coordinated across different health and social care providers. This contrasts…

  • Final programme for the 2018 FHT Conference launched

    We’re thrilled to release the final order of events for our 2018 FHT Conference, which is taking place on Thursday 29 November at The King’s Fund, London. At this special one-day event, you’ll hear from leading experts in integrated health, education and research speak about the ways in which complementary therapies can support the nation’s health and help…

  • Winners of new Complementary Therapy Awards announced

    The FHT was proud to be involved in the presentation of the inaugural Complementary Therapy Awards, which took place on 18 October at a special celebratory lunch held in London. Organised by Chamberlain Dunn, these new, independent awards aim to celebrate practitioners, teams and advocates who are enhancing the health and wellbeing of others through…

  • Social prescription a priority in Theresa May’s loneliness strategy

    UK prime minister Theresa May has pledged to increase social prescribing by making it a key part of the first government loneliness strategy. Set to be implemented by 2023, the strategy will also see £1.8m allocated for community-based projects. The decision to make loneliness a health priority follows on from research in 2017 by the…

  • Win a free ticket to the new Integrative Health Convention

    Organised by Dr Toh Wong and Dr Naveed Akhtar, the aim of the Integrative Health Convention is to provide a platform where complementary and medical practitioners can meet, share, teach, and learn from each other, to help themselves and others. The convention takes place on Sunday 13 and Sunday 14 October, at Park Plaza Victoria…

  • Sir Sam Everington set to speak at 2018 FHT Conference

    We are pleased to say that pioneering GP Sir Sam Everington will be joining us as a speaker at the 2018 FHT Conference next month. Sir Sam Everington is a GP, chair of Tower Hamlet’s Clinical Commissioning Group, elected member of the British Medical Association’s Council, director of Community Health Partnerships, Honorary Professor of Queen…

  • FHT member wins first ever National Massage Championship

    FHT member, Mario De Sousa, has won the first ever National Massage Championship. Mario competed over two days against more than 70 massage therapists, representing a wide-range of disciplines, including Thai, Swedish, remedial, freestyle and chair massage. In the final Mario took on five incredibly skilled massage therapists, including FHT member Tamer Morsy, and was…