CNHC FEBRUARY 2026 UPDATE Discount for CNHC registrants at IPM 26 CNHC is once again pleased to support the Integrative and Personalised Medicine (IPM) Congress which is taking place on 18-20 June 2026 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London. The IPM...
CNHC DECEMBER 2025 UPDATE CNHC’s Board and staff team wish you a happy and restful Christmas break and all the best for 2026. The CNHC office will be closed from 5pm on Tuesday 23 December 2025 and will reopen on Monday 5 January 2026. Renewing your CNHC registration...
CNHC SEPTEMBER 2025 UPDATE Vacancy for a Chief Executive at CNHC Following the announcement of Margaret Coats taking retirement, we are seeking an energetic, creative, forward-thinking leader with proven experience in the regulation sector, particularly in the...
CNHC SUMMER 2025 UPDATE Spotlight on CNHC registrants Welcome to this new section of our newsletter that celebrates the achievements of CNHC registrants. If you have won an award or other recognition for your work, are carrying out research, or involved in voluntary...
CNHC JUNE 2025 UPDATE News from our Verifying Organisations and other stakeholders UK Reiki Federation Annual Conference 2025 The UK Reiki Federation is holding its Annual Conference on the weekend of 5-6 July 2025. Saturday 5 July will be an in-person event...
CNHC MAY 2025 UPDATE News from our Verifying Organisations and other stakeholders UK Reiki Federation Annual Conference 2025 The UK Reiki Federation, who act as one of CNHC’s Verifying Organisations, is holding its Annual Conference on the weekend of...
CNHC APRIL 2025 UPDATE Discount for CNHC registrants at IPM 25 – early bird deadline 25 April CNHC are pleased to be supporting the Integrative and Personalised Medicine Congress (IPM) for a fourth year. This year’s Congress takes place on 19 to 21 June 2025...
CNHC: Code of Conduct, Ethics and Performance In an evolving landscape where complementary therapies are becoming more widely accepted and integrated into mainstream healthcare, it’s essential for practitioners to uphold a high standard of professionalism and ethical...
CNHC JAN DEC 2024 UPDATE Happy Christmas from CNHC CNHC’s Board and staff team wish you a happy and restful Christmas break and all the best for 2025. The CNHC office will be closed from 5pm on Monday 23 December 2024 and reopen on Thursday 2 January 2025....
CNHC NOVEMBER 2024 UPDATE Let your Quality Mark set you apart As a CNHC registrant, displaying the Quality Mark can set you apart. Log into MyCNHC and go to the ‘Resources’ section to find the Quality Mark, a guide to using it, and a range of...
CNHC SEPTEMBER 2024 UPDATE Building a sense of community in complementary healthcare In the latest blog post on our website CNHC Registrant Board Member, Lynsey Metcalfe, shares with us her experience of building a network in the health sector and the...
CNHC JULY – AUGUST 2024 UPDATE Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for CNHC registrants As a CNHC registrant you are required to participate in Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to maintain your registration. In this article, we take a...
CNHC APRIL 2024 UPDATE Vacancies for CNHC Board Members Are you interested in setting standards in the public interest? CNHC is seeking two Lay* members for the CNHC Board. (*‘Lay’ in this context means one who has never completed training or practised in any...
CNHC MARCH 2024 UPDATE IPM 24: Discounted rates for CNHC registrants CNHC are pleased to be supporting the Integrative and Personalised Medicine Congress (IPM) for a third year. This year’s Congress takes place on 6 to 8 June 2024 at the QEII Centre in...
CNHC FEBRUARY 2024 UPDATE Complying with the law on advertising and the treatment of cancer As a CNHC registrant, you may be practising therapies which are used by those receiving treatment for cancer. It is therefore imperative that you familiarise yourself...
CNHC DECEMBER 2023 UPDATE Season's greetings from CNHC CNHC’s Board and staff team wish you a happy and restful Christmas break and all the best for 2024. Please note that the CNHC office will be closed from 5pm on Friday 22 December 2023 and will re-open on Tuesday 2...
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...
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...
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 SEPTEMBER 2022 UPDATE CNHC registered? Keep your registration up to...
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...
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’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....
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
We still find ourselves in a position where self-employed Registrants cannot return to practising face to face due to the coronavirus crisis. Our advice has to comply with current UK Government guidance for England as well as for the devolved administrations of...
WELCOME TO OUR MAY NEWS UPDATE I hope you are all safe and well. The recent months have been extremely difficult for everyone, and I appreciate the impact it has had on our Registrants. For those of you who have been able to continue to practise, if you have not...
The COVID-19 outbreak presents an unprecedented challenge on a global scale. CNHC’s key priority at this difficult time is to support our Registrants. Registrants will have received email updates with the latest advice and signposting to useful resources, and we will...
