Membership: Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council

"We were set up by the government to protect the public. We do this by providing a UK register of complementary health practitioners. Protection of the public is our sole purpose.

We set the standards that practitioners need to meet to get onto and then stay on the register. All CNHC registrants have agreed to be bound by the highest standards of conduct and have registered voluntarily. All of them are professionally trained and fully insured to practise.

We investigate complaints about alleged breaches of our Code of Conduct, Ethics and Performance. We impose disciplinary sanctions that mirror those of the statutory healthcare regulators.

We make the case to government and a wide range of organisations for the use of complementary healthcare to enhance the UK’s health and wellbeing. We raise awareness of complementary healthcare and seek to influence policy wherever possible to increase access to the disciplines we register.

CNHC is also the holder of an Accredited Register by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care, an independent body, accountable to the UK Parliament."

Source: CNHC Website (Viewed March 2018) https://www.cnhc.org.uk, About us/What we do.

Qualification: Soft Tissue Therapist, Level 5 BTEC

"More than ‘just’ sport and remedial massage.

Our BTEC Level 5 qualification trains people to become complete therapists with the best career potential. Soft Tissue Therapists treat clients with musculoskeletal pain or dysfunction caused by any of life’s stresses and from all walks of life. Although sport can be a common factor with many of our clients, this is far from being the main issue we deal with.

ISRM trained Soft Tissue Therapists work successfully in private practice and also alongside Physiotherpists, Osteopaths and Chiropractors in private clinics.
Our qualification has been evolving for over 25 years through the clinical development of a group of the UK’s leading therapists, with the aim of best meeting the real treatment needs of the client.

Injury assessment
Advanced treatment techniques
Remedial exercise and advice to…
Enhance recovery
Prevent injury
Improve posture and function"

Source: ISRM Website (Viewed March 2018) https://www.theisrm.com

CIMSPA Membership: REPs Level 4 register exercise professionals 

"The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA) is the professional development body for the UK’s sport and physical activity sector. Our purpose is to shape a respected, regulated and recognised sector that everyone wants to be a part of, and that others are confident interacting with. We work with stakeholders across and beyond the sector to achieve this.”

“Together we're developing a vibrant, UK-wide sport and physical activity sector, with the highest standards of service delivery.”

“In February 2020, CIMSPA and UK Coaching, who operated the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs), announced an agreement to combine REPs with the CIMSPA Exercise and Fitness Directory, creating a single directory for all exercise and fitness professionals.”

Source: CIMSPA Website (Viewed Sept 2021) https://www.cimspa.co.uk.