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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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Quote of the week
GP and Chair of Tower Hamlets CCG, Sir Sam Everington, says it’s important not to get hung up on obesity, ‘Malnutrition is the real issue. Obesity is the malnutrition you can see.’
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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…
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Here’s to a happy 2019
Action for Happiness (AFH) suggests we all try to make 2019 as joyful as possible from the start, with its Happy New Year Calendar for January. AFH publishes monthly calendars, offering daily affirmations on the theme of the respective month. The ‘Happy New Year Calendar’ follows ‘Do Good December’, ‘New Things November’, ‘Optimistic October’, ‘Self-care…
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Happy New Year, from all at the FHT!
We apologise for any inconvenience but our website (fht.org.uk) is temporarily unavailable, so you have been redirected to our blog. We hope to be up and running again soon, but until then… Looking to join the FHT? If you are fully qualified and based in the UK, you can: Apply to become an FHT Member…
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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…
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Top fitness trends for 2019
Wearable technology is expected to be the top fitness trend of 2019, according to a worldwide survey conducted by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). Identifying 20 trends that will shape the global fitness industry in the year ahead, the ACSM surveyed more than 2,000 health and fitness experts, who were asked to rank…
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FHT discusses the benefits of hot stone massage in popular consumer magazine
Have you tried hot stone massage? This is the question we ask In the Moment readers in its January issue (#20). In a one-page article written by the FHT, we look at what a hot stone massage treatment would typically involve, as well as five key benefits of the therapy. The article is part of…
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Quote of the week
Professor Nicola Robinson, Professor of TCM and Integrated Health at London South Bank University, says that it is important to capture therapies in a research framework to prove how effective they are.
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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…
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Dr Chatterjee looks at foot health in new podcast
In this latest instalment of his Feel Better, Live More podcast series, GP, Author and TV presenter, Dr Rangan Chatterjee talks to Nick and Mike from The Foot Collective, a group of Canadian physical therapists on a mission to help people reclaim strong, functional and pain-free feet through foot health education. Dr Chatterjee says that…
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Quote of the week
GP and chair of Tower Hamlet’s Clinical Commissioning Group, Sir Sam Everington says doctors shouldn’t be asking patients ‘What is the matter with you?’ Instead they should say ‘What matters to you?’
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