CNHC SEPTEMBER 2023 UPDATE Yoga Therapists helping people with musculoskeletal conditions to manage chronic pain Our latest blog post is by CNHC Registrant and Yoga Therapist, Julia Woodham. In it she tells us about a project she is involved in which provides free...
CNHC SUMMER 2023 UPDATE Article in Golf Chic magazine CNHC Board Member, Earle Abrahamson, was interviewed by Golf Chic magazine in June about the benefits of soft tissue therapies and choosing a therapist by searching CNHC’s online Accredited Register. Golf...
The 2023 Reiki Conference - UKRF Saturday, 23 September 2023 Everyone at the UKRF is excited about being able to bring you our first in person conference for two years on Saturday, 23 September 2023, 9am – 17.30pm and we would love it if you joined us to...
CNHC MAY 2023 UPDATE Update to CNHC's Advertising Guidance for Registrants CNHC’s Advertising guidance for Registrants been updated to ensure clarity about the use of Testimonials and Endorsements. If you are a Registrant, please read the guidance in full and...
CNHC MARCH 2023 UPDATE CNHC Workshop at the IPM Congress Setting standards: The regulation of complementary healthcare in the UK Date: Thursday 29 June 2023 Time: 15.00 to 15.30br/> Venue: Moore Room, QEII Conference Centre, Westminster, London Join us at our workshop...
CNHC FEBRUARY 2023 UPDATE Celebrate Complementary Therapy Week in March! Complementary Therapy Week takes place from 20 – 25 March 2023, sponsored by Complementary Health Professionals (CHP) – a multi-disciplinary professional association and one of CNHC’s...
Survey of Practitioners Survey shows significant increase in patients presenting with mental health issues A survey by the Integrated Healthcare Collaborative (IHC) of complementary, traditional and natural healthcare therapists revealed a 63% increase in...
CNHC JANUARY 2023 UPDATE Integrative & Personalised Medicine (IPM) Congress 2023: Discount for Registrants CNHC is once again pleased to support the Integrative and Personalised Medicine (IPM) Congress which is taking place on 29 June to 1 July 2023 at the Queen...
CNHC DECEMBER 2022 UPDATE Michael Brown-Frazer joins our Sports Therapy PSB CNHC Registrant Michael Brown-Frazer joined our Sports Therapy Profession Specific Board (PSB) in December. Michael is a clinical sports and remedial massage therapist with over 20 years...
CNHC OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2022 UPDATE A reminder about CNHC guidance for Registrants The CNHC Code of Conduct, Ethics and Performance includes a wealth of guidance and useful information, which is designed to be helpful both for Registrants and the members of the public...
CNHC JULY/ AUGUST 2022 UPDATE MORE THAN JUST GAMES: FROM PERSONAL TO PROFESSIONAL In our latest blog post, Earle Abrahamson, CNHC Registrant Board Member and Chair of the GCMT, reflects on his experience of volunteering at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Find...
CNHC JUNE 2022 UPDATE CNHC at the Integrative & Personalised Medicine Congress CNHC is pleased to have supported the Integrative and Personalised Medicine (IPM) Congress which took place on 16 to 18 June 2022 at the the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London....
CNHC MAY 2022 UPDATE Integrative & Personalised Medicine 22 CNHC is pleased to support the Integrative and Personalised Medicine (IPM) Congress which is taking place on 16 to 18 June 2002 at the the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London. CNHC will be...
CNHC MARCH/ APRIL 2022 UPDATE CNHC welcomes a new lay Board Member CNHC is pleased to welcome Dawn Atkinson to our Board as a lay member. Dawn is the Group Deputy Director for Clinical Governance and Performance at a large acute London NHS Foundation Trust and brings...
CNHC FEBRUARY 2021 UPDATE Change to CNHC's Code: Section A2 "Chaperones" The Guidance to Section A2 “Chaperones” in CNHC’s Code of Conduct, Ethics and Performance has changed. Find Out More Living with COVID-19: The latest government guidance We have...
CNHC JANUARY 2021 UPDATE Congratulations to the CNHC Registrants nominated for this year's Complementary Therapy Awards We wish all our Registrants who have been nominated for an award at The Complementary Therapy Awards 2022 the best of luck. The Complementary...
CNHC DECEMBER 2021 UPDATE Season’s greetings from CNHC As the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty that it brings continues, we hope you are able to take a much deserved break over the holiday season. CNHC’s Board and staff team thank our Registrants for all their...
CNHC NOVEMBER 2021 UPDATE Providing Bowen Therapy for people with palliative care needs In our latest blog post, Paul Dunn, a Bowen Therapist, member of the Bowen Association UK (BAUK) and CNHC Registrant talks about how he has been continuing to provide therapy for...
CNHC OCTOBER 2021 UPDATE World Menopause Day 2021 – food, mood and those menopause blues World Menopause Day took place on on 18 October. To mark the day, the British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT) shared advice on Beating the Menopause Blues...
CNHC SEPTEMBER 2021 UPDATE CNHC Annual Report 2020 Our Annual Report for the period January to December 2020 is available on our website. More Info NHC Verifying Organisations come together CNHC Verifying Organisations are professional associations who carry out the...
CNHC AUGUST 2021 UPDATE Coronavirus update: Working safely in Scotland and Wales Since the last update in our July newsletter, the alert levels for Scotland and Wales have changed: Scotland moved out of the levels system on 9 August 2021. You can read the First...
CNHC – July 2021 news Update Our new telephone number is 020 3327 2720. Our postal address has changed to: CNHC PO Box 428 Bristol BS9 0FB Our email address remains the same: info@cnhc.org.uk Lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in the UK ENGLAND On Monday 19 July 2021...
It’s good to be able to start this issue with some positive news. Plans for easing lockdown restrictions have been put in place for all the UK nations and we now have the dates for the reopening of close contact services in England, Scotland and Wales (subject...
We are delighted to announce that Animal Reiki Practitioners can now apply to become UK Reiki Federation Animal Reiki Practitioner members. Many of our members and potential members have been waiting for this day and we look forward to receiving your applications....
We’ve weathered rain and snow this winter as well as another lockdown and it has not been an easy time for anyone. However, February is seeing early Spring-like weather, bringing with it glimmers of the light at the end of the tunnel as the Government have...
Welcome to our first newsUpdate for 2021. This month began with the third lockdown in England and the highest level of restrictions in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. We have contacted all our Registrants to let them know about the restrictions that affect them....
UK REIKI FEDERATION 2021 ONLINE EVENTS Animal Reiki Online Events with Sue Malcolm, UKRF Animal Reiki Co-ordinator UK Reiki Federation invites everyone interested in learning more about Animal Reiki to a presentation by Sue Malcolm followed by the opportunity to...
The challenges we faced this year were of a magnitude that most of us have never experienced in our lifetimes. We are truly living in unprecedented times. However, I’m hoping 2021 will eventually see a return to something approaching normality, In the meantime, there...
IHC CALLS ON GOVERNMENTS TO DESIGNATE COMPLEMENTARY, TRADITIONAL AND NATURAL THERAPISTS AS ESSENTIAL WORKERS The Integrated Healthcare Collaborative (IHC) has written to Health Ministers across the UK, calling on them to designate complementary, traditional and...
UK REIKI FEDERATION 2020 ONLINE EVENT Time together in Reiki with Johannes Reindl Monday 16 November 2020 via Zoom 16:30-17:45 Reiki Questions and Answers 18:00-19:00 Reiki Self Treatment UK Reiki Federation members are invited to join Johannes Reindl, Lineage Bearer...
Covid-19 swept through the Globe with no warning and at such a ferocious speed that the human race had no prior opportunity to prepare their mindset on how every person’s life was going to be affected. This pandemic has left so many lives in turmoil, whether due to...
Welcome to our October news Update October has seen the uncertainty and disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic continue, with many areas in England moving into higher alert levels as rates of infections rise and circuit-breaker lockdowns introduced in Northern...
The First Minister, Mark Drakeford, has announced today (19 October) that a “circuit-breaker” or “fire-break” will be introduced across Wales. The fire-break will start at 6pm on Friday 23 October 2020 and end on Monday 9 November 2020. It will...
Welcome to THE CNHC September news Update As the industry gets used to the new normal – no hugs or handshakes when greeting clients, close contact therapists overcoming the challenges of communicating with faces partially obscured and smiles hidden behind masks,...
We warmly invite you to the 2020 UK Reiki Federation Annual Conference Monday 21 September – Friday 25 September 2020 from 1700-2100hrs and Sunday 27 September 2020 from 1000-1600hrs via ZOOM FREE TO UK REIKI FEDERATION MEMBERS Non-members £15 (which can be deducted...
Reiki Medic-Care – a groundbreaking service to support our NHS medical professionals I was recently reading “Light on the Origins of Reiki” by Tadao Yamaguchi where he comments that “In the past Usui Sensei and Hayashi Sensei promoted Reiki in the hope of...
As we near the end of the August, we are glad to report that face to face and close contact (‘hands-on’) therapies have now resumed (with the exception of mobile working in Scotland). This is, of course, subject to local restrictions and lockdowns. We...
Reiki for Pain During Hemodialysis: A Feasibility and Instrument Evaluation Study DATE 2019 AUTHORS Zins C, Hooke MC, Gross R REFERENCE J Holist Nurs. 2019 Jun. 37(2):148-162. doi: 10.1177/0898010118797195. Epub 2018 Aug 31....
Reiki and related therapies in the dialysis ward: an evidence-based and ethical discussion to debate if these complementary and alternative medicines are welcomed or banned DATE 2013 AUTHORS Ferraresi M, Roberta Clari, Moro CI, Banino E, Boero E, Crosio A, Dayne R,...
A Large-Scale Effectiveness Trial of Reiki for Physical and Psychological Health DATE 2019 AUTHORS Thrane, S Cohen, S M REFERENCE J Altern Complement Med. 2019 Dec; 25(12):1156-1162. Epub 2019 Oct 22.J Altern Complement Med. 2019. PMID: 31638407 doi:...
COVID 19 Advice to practitioners on returning to offer in person Reiki for Animals It is possible to re-introduce Reiki for animals in-person under certain circumstances. It is not advisable to return to hands on practice in private homes, even outdoor spaces such as...
RETURNING TO WORK Details of the latest government announcements for England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland on returning to work, along with CNHC guidance on preparing to return to work can be found on our website. COVID-19: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Each...
CORRECTION – FURTHER TO THE CNHC EMAIL WE SENT YOU ON FRIDAY…….. COMPLEMENTARY THERAPY PRACTICES IN SCOTLAND TO REMAIN CLOSED In our email to you on Friday we stated that Registrants in Scotland could return to work on 22 July. This is because the...
For our Members in England Following yesterday’s announcement from Government, you are now able to return to work from Monday 13th July, ensuring you follow all UK Government Guidance found in this directive:- KEEPING WORKERS AND CLIENTS SAFE DURING COVID-19 IN CLOSE...
The Northern Ireland Executive has confirmed that further close-contact services, including massage, spas, tattooing and piercing can reopen from this week. What does it mean for CNHC Registrants practising in Northern Ireland? If you are a CNHC Registrant with a...
LET OUR VOICES BE HEARD! The Government must take advice from the Integrated Healthcare Collaborative and its member organisations, including UKRF, and let Reiki Practitioners back to work now. We have all been waiting patiently, while diligently following government...
Dear Member Inconsistent government lockdown easing policies lack scientific basis and clarity says Integrated Healthcare Collaborative (IHC) The Integrated Healthcare Collaborative (IHC), of which the UK Reiki Federation is a Core Member, has written to the Prime...
For our Members in England Boris Johnson’s UK Government Press Release “Prime Minister Boris Johnson has today (Tuesday 23 June) set out further changes to lockdown measures in England to enable people to see more of their friends and family, help businesses get back...
