Category: News
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Move away from shame for this year’s South Asian heritage month
August 2022 marks 75 years since the partition of India and Pakistan. Since many are celebrating South Asian heritage month, a month long event aimed at commemorating and celebrating South Asian cultures, mental health is something which is not openly discussed amongst the South Asian communities, although many studies have shown that South Asian immigrants…
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Health and Care Act 2022 July Update
The Health & Care Act and the future licensing of aesthetic practitioners completing non-surgical cosmetic (aesthetic) procedures The new Health and Care Act 2022 gives the Government powers to introduce a licensing scheme for practitioners who operate in England. Work is now underway to decide what the licensing scheme will look like. This will then be…
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Meet the speakers: Suzanne Ruggles, founder of the Full Circle Fund
Like last year’s inspiring event, which is a finalist for Best New Association Conference or Event in the 2019 Association Excellence Awards, the 2019 FHT Conference – on Friday 29 November at The King’s Fund, London – will focus on the ways professional therapists like you can be a part of the future of integrated…
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Top five reasons to attend the 2019 FHT Conference
There’s just 10 weeks left until the 2019 FHT Conference, which is being held on Friday 29 November at The King’s Fund, London. Tickets are selling fast, so we thought we’d run through our top five reasons for attending if you’re still undecided: Discover how to get involved in the future…
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Celebrating organic beauty and wellbeing
This week is Organic Beauty & Wellbeing Week (9 – 14 September). Organised by the Soil Association, this annual campaign aims to raise awareness of certified organic beauty and wellbeing products and the importance of certification and making sustainable choices. And it’s something we’re confident FHT members will be keen to support, with 58% indicating…
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A tribute to Richard Eaton
The FHT was very sad to hear that Richard Eaton passed away on 14 June 2019. Richard was author and editor of the excellent College of Medicine Complementary Medicine Roundup, which was always brimming with useful information and links to research, reports and events of interest to not just College members, but anyone who shared…
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We ♥ our planet
In the spring issue of International Therapist, our Green Salon article focused on how you can make your therapy business more eco-friendly but, what about the FHT? How are we working to protect the planet? Thanks to Sir David Attenborough’s BBC documentaries and climate activist Greta Thunberg, the public is much more aware of the…
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Join us for the FHT’s training event of the year!
Our most popular training event of the year returns this May, with an exciting new programme of talks to help you gain new skills and develop in your career as a therapist. The 2019 FHT Training Congress will take place on 19-20 May at the Holistic Health Show, Birmingham, and will feature a range of…
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International Therapist Issue 127 (Winter 2019)
This issue includes articles on the following: Deactivating trigger points with soft tissue release, by Jane Johnson; An interview with leading academic, Professor Sarah Stewart-Brown; Developing the first NHS approved complementary therapy school, by Gwyn Featonby; Skin peels and the importance of best practice, by Dermalogica’s Candice Gardner; How massage techniques can help clients with…
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Free webinar presented by Jane Johnson on treating clients with neck pain
We’ve partnered with Human Kinetics to host a free webinar on treating clients with neck pain on Wednesday 27 March at 3pm – 4pm. Presented by Jane Johnson, the webinar will cover practical, safe and effective advice and treatments manual therapists and fitness professionals can use to help clients. FHT members will receive 5 CPD…
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Report calls for complementary, traditional and natural medicine to rescue NHS from financial crisis
A new report released by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Integrated Healthcare (PGIH) warns that the growing number of people suffering from long-term illness poses significant threats to the future sustainability of the NHS. The report, titled ‘Integrated healthcare: putting the pieces together’, is based on the findings of an extensive consultation carried out by…
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International Therapist Issue 126 (Autumn 2018)
This issue includes: A look at amputation, its impact on clients, and how therapies can help; An overview of the lymphatic system and its importance, by Yvette Jordan; Approaches to facial touch and the science behind it, by Dr Katerina Steventon; Deconstructing the concept of challenge, by Dr Phillip J de Prez; Injuries in young…
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