Tag: FHT Accredited Register
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How much do you value your care?
Choosing a therapist is a personal decision, and knowing you’re in qualified, professional hands can make all the difference. The FHT Register helps people find therapists who meet recognised standards of training, insurance and professional conduct. For therapists, it also provides an opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to high standards and build trust with potential…
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Embrace Your Future with Holistic Health Apprenticeships
Are you ready to take the next step after your GCSEs? As results day approaches on 24 August, it’s time to consider the exciting opportunities that lie ahead. If you have a passion for holistic health and wellness, there are some fantastic apprenticeships waiting for you. From beauty therapy to wellbeing and holistic therapy, there’s…
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Hypnotherapy highlighted by Metro
Daily newspaper, Metro, highlights the use of hypnotherapy for fertility and the Accredited Register in a recent article on its website. The article discusses whether hypnosis improves the odds of conception, saying that ‘research has shown that hypnotherapy tends to work for around 72% of people in relation to fertility’. Furthermore, a fertility expert quoted…
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New leaflet highlights that Accredited Registers (AR) are an untapped resource in healthcare
FHT members can now download a leaflet that outlines the key findings of a special report published by the Professional Standards Authority and Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) in November 2017, called ‘Untapped Resources: Accredited Registers in the Wider Workforce’. Amongst other things, the leaflet highlights that: ‘The public health challenges the UK faces…
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Report highlights practitioners listed on Accredited Registers are an untapped resource in tackling public health challenges
The FHT welcomes a joint report published today by the Professional Standards Authority and Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH), which highlights how more than 80,000 practitioners listed on Accredited Registers – including more than 10,000 FHT members – are able to contribute to improving public health. The report, based on a survey of over…
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Are your plans afoot for World Reflexology Week yet?
World Reflexology Week, which runs from 18-24 September, is a wonderful opportunity to show potential clients and employers the many benefits this complementary therapy has to offer.
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Aromatherapy Awareness Week 2017
Aromatherapy Awareness Week, which runs from 12-16 June, is a wonderful opportunity to show potential clients and employers the many benefits this complementary therapy has to offer. To help spread the word, FHT members can: Download the FHT’s free promotional leaflet/poster, to print and distribute in your local area and a cover/banner image for use…
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FHT responds to Charity Commission consultation
The Charity Commission for England and Wales is currently reviewing its approach to deciding whether an organisation that uses or promotes complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is eligible to have charitable status. As such, it opened a public consultation to seek views on: the level and nature of evidence to support CAM; conflicting and inconsistent…
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Accredited Register awareness campaign stretching to new audiences
In February, we introduced Nick and Kevin as part of our ‘My therapist helps me…’ campaign. We’re continuing to promote the benefits of the Accredited Register, with advertisements appearing in both Men’s Fitness and Healthy for Men. This promotes the hard work the FHT’s members do, and the benefits available to the public, to a wide audience of…
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Sports therapist Nicholas Flanagan reveals why he chose a career in care
Following the release of the FHT’s second ‘My therapist helps me…’ case study, we have caught up with sports therapist Nicholas Flanagan who revealed why he chose a career in care. Why did you decide to train as a sports therapist? ‘I started my journey on a…
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Kevin’s story: My therapist helps me…
In the second in a series of case studies, the FHT looks at how sports therapy has helped real life client Kevin. To promote the health benefits of different therapies and direct people to the FHT’s independently Accredited Register when looking for a therapist, the FHT has…
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My therapist helps me… to manage my injuries
It’s our mission to make the public more aware of our members and the FHT’s Complementary Healthcare Therapist Register, accredited by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care, a body accountable to Parliament. As such we launched the ‘My therapist helps me…” Campaign in August of last year, showcasing FHT Fellow Alison, and her longtime…
