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NHS Long Term Plan set to increase social prescribing The recently published NHS Long Term Plan sets out a direction for the NHS in England over the next 10 years. A cornerstone of the plan is to give people greater control over their own health which includes plans...

Get Ready For The 2019 RSPH Awards The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) Health & Wellbeing Awards is now open to register your interest. The Health & Wellbeing Awards is the UK’s premier awards scheme for promoting health and wellbeing and is widely...

CNHC initiates article featured in NHS GP Bulletin CNHC approached the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) to draft an article for the NHS General Practice (GP) Bulletin. The NHS GP Bulletin was relaunched this autumn and is distributed by email once a month. It...

NHS Employers support Accredited Registers Did you know that NHS Employers support the Accredited Register scheme? They encourage employers within the NHS to take every opportunity to raise the profile of the type of accredited registers available to staff as part of...

Stoptober is back The Public Health England and NHS Stoptober campaign is back from 1st October. CNHC is encouraging registrants and other complementary therapy practitioners to support this public health initiative by making patients aware of the variety of services...

King's College Research Project A project aiming to understand what happens during Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) consultations is being undertaken as part of a PhD project at King's College London. This project contributes to King's College London's...

Reiki Profession Specific Board Election The election process for the Reiki Profession Specific Board (PSB) will begin on Monday 1 October 2018. PSB members are elected by registrants in order to give CNHC registered practitioners a direct say in who will act as...

The launch of the first NHS Natural Health School Last month the NHS Natural Health School opened its doors at the Sir Robert Ogden Macmillan Centre in Harrogate. The school is the first of its kind and was created in response to complementary therapy services...