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  • FHT accredited training provider offers free online workshop

    FHT accredited training provider, The Chrysalis Effect, is pleased to invite FHT members to a free online workshop on Tuesday 23rd February or Tuesday 1st March, 2016. The Chrysalis Effect was developed by Elaine Wilkins following her own personal experience of ME, providing support and coaching to those suffering from ME, CFS and Fibromyalgia. Elaine’s…

  • Government report on arts for health and well-being

    Public Health England has recently published an evaluation framework for arts for health and well-being. The report looks at how art forms, such as film, music, photography, poetry, drama, dance, visual art and creative writing, have the potential to support health and well-being. The report stresses that ‘in order for arts to be included in commissioning of health…

  • Breast cancer patients benefit from reflexology study using technique developed by Sally Kay

    A new study conducted by researchers at Cardiff Metropolitan University has found that reflexology reduces arm swelling in women with breast-cancer related lymphoedema. This study was conducted after FHT accredited training provider, Sally Kay FFHT, developed the reflexology lymphatic drainage technique as part of her final year dissertation at the university. Sally won the 2012…

  • NICE Guideline update – Professional Standards Authority letter to NICE

    The Professional Standards Authority, which has independently accredited the FHT’s Complementary Healthcare Therapist Register, has written to NICE regarding the Supportive and Palliative Care in Adults guideline currently under consultation. The Authority suggests in its letter that “the guidelines proposed should include advice that providers ensure that wherever possible, professionals delivering care are registered with…

  • NICE Guideline update

    The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is currently reviewing its guideline on supportive and palliative care in adults. As part of this process, it produced a ‘Draft scope consultation’, in which it proposed to remove the section on complementary therapy services. As a registered stakeholder, the FHT responded to NICE to outline…

  • Crystal therapy research

    FHT accredited training provider, The British Academy of Crystal Healing, is conducting research on the use or crystal therapy for health and well-being. The study will be carried out over a six-month period, with regular monthly meetings to assess findings. At the start, each therapist created a firm foundation by recording their state of health…

  • Submissions requested for CAMSTRAND 2016

    8-9 June, 2016 Arden Warwick Conferences, The University of Warwick, Kirby Road, Coventry, CV4 8UW Organised by the Research Council for Complementary Medicine (RCCM), of which FHT is a corporate member, CAMSTRAND 2016 is a fantastic opportunity for researchers, healthcare professionals, therapists, practitioners and students to share their work and knowledge of complementary therapies for…

  • FHT Fellow supports victims of the Japanese tsunami

    When FHT Fellow and Accredited Training Provider, Mary Atkinson, received her 2015 FHT Excellence in Leadership Award she asked to be photographed with red felt hearts as a sign of respect and support for the victims of the Japanese tsunami in 2011. The award was given in recognition of Mary’s work with a Japanese charity,…

  • Macmillan Wellbeing Centre workshop

    A new complementary therapy service was launched earlier this year at The NGS Macmillan Wellbeing Centre at North Bristol NHS Trust’s Southmead Hospital, allowing the many benefits complementary therapies provide to be experienced by cancer patients and their carers. Set in landscaped gardens, the centre provides a haven for anyone living with a cancer diagnosis who…

  • FHT hosted course

    Due to popular demand, FHT is pleased to offer the following course in Scotland, this November. Advanced reflexology 14th November, Hamilton This detailed one-day workshop will teach you how to give an advanced reflexology treatment, covering a range of comprehensive methods: You will learn: Learning the breathing techniques of the client and yourself Body weight techniques (reducing…

  • Guest post: Helen Roach, MFHT

    It is possible to enjoy touch therapies and beauty treatments from the point of cancer diagnosis and beyond? I qualified as a beauty and complementary therapist 20 years ago. Back then, anyone that had been diagnosed with cancer was excluded from having any therapy sessions; a definite no-no, a contra-indication of treatment. Since then there…

  • Chamomile and osteoarthritis of the knee

    Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative condition that affects the joints, causing pain and stiffness. According to Arthritis Research UK, it is ‘by far the most common form of joint disease, affecting people all over the world and approximately 8 million people in the UK’.1 In traditional Persian medicine textbooks, dating back as far as 980…