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  • Big Ideas for Better Health Awards

    Have you seen how innovative healthcare ideas have had a remarkable impact on the lives of patients within the NHS? AbbVie’s ‘Big Ideas for Better Health’ Awards are free to enter and open to all UK NHS organisations and patient groups. Winners will receive a grant for £3,000 to extend their project or take it…

  • FHT’s International Therapist magazine shortlisted for excellence award

    The FHT is thrilled at today’s announcement that International Therapist has been shortlisted for the Best Association Magazine category of the Association Excellence Awards 2018. The awards, organised by GCN Events, aim to ‘recognise and reward the hard-won achievements of UK trade bodies, professional membership organisations and associations [and] highlight excellence in how these operate…

  • FHT announces new President

    We are pleased to announce that Christopher Byrne was been elected as President by his peers on the FHT Governing Council. He takes over the role from Paul Battersby, who represented the interests of the FHT and its members for two consecutive years. After a successful 20-year career as a chartered engineer, working for Rolls…

  • Three top tips for being with your terminally ill clients

    2018 FHT Training Congress Speaker, Jane Duncan Rogers, shares her top three tips for being with your terminally ill clients.

  • Quote of the week

    ‘Our knowledge of the causes of sports injuries is fundamental to our ability to help athletes recover’ – Lance Doggart, MFHT, and Sarah Catlow, MFHT, International Therapist 123 (Winter 2018)

  • Radio interview – massage for people with dementia

    As the headline sponsor of Chamberlain Dunn’s Complementary Therapy Awards, the FHT has been invited to put forward industry experts to promote the health benefits of complementary therapy on UK Health Radio. This week, FHT member and accredited course provider, Nicolle Mitchell, talked to Duncan Ellison about how massage and positive touch can benefit those…

  • NHS to remove patient access to 17 ‘unnecessary procedures’ to cut costs

    NHS England has proposed to stop funding 17 procedures that are considered unnecessary to save money within the health service. These procedures are said to lack supporting evidence on their effectiveness and cost around £400m every year. The main procedures that would lose this funding are dilatation and curettage for heavy menstrual bleeding in women; knee…

  • Three top mindfulness tips for therapists

    2018 FHT Training Congress Speaker, Seán Collins shares his top three mindfulness tips for therapists.

  • International Therapist Issue 125 (Summer 2018)

    This issue includes: The physical and emotional benefits of scar massage, by Emma Holly, MFHT; A new model for complementary therapy within the NHS, by Jane Sheehan, MFHT; Introducing feng shui to your therapy premises, by Judith Hadley and Sara Pearson; The benefits of manual therapy using the Maitland concept, by Katie Campbell; A look…

  • Radio interview – Jennifer Young and Dr Michael Dixon featured on Yes To Life Show

    As the headline sponsor of Chamberlain Dunn’s Complementary Therapy Awards, the FHT has been invited to put forward industry experts to promote the health benefits of complementary therapy on UK Health Radio. This Sunday, tune in and hear FHT accredited course provider, Jennifer Young, being interviewed by Robin Daly on UK Health Radio’s ‘Yes To…

  • Herbalist garden wins silver at Hampton Court Flower show

    A garden that promotes the role of plants and herbs in health has won a silver medal at this year’s RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. Anton Chekhov’s Garden, designed by Anna Benn and Hannah Gardner, is based on the country estate near Moscow, where Chekhov, one of Russia’s most notable writers, wrote his famous…

  • Reflexology is the most popular complementary therapy survey finds

    A survey conducted by the FHT has found that reflexology is the most popular complementary therapy demanded by clients, with body massage in second and aromatherapy in third. In our annual member survey, we asked members to rank their treatments in order of popularity, with 53% of therapists listing reflexology in first place, and 52%…