Wellbeing and alternative therapies definitions

Healthcare Professionals

The Healthcare Professional that you choose must be registered with/a member of one of the professional organisations recognised by Westfield Health for you to be eligible to claim on your plan.

Registration/membership must be relevant to the treatment/service that they are providing.

Whilst these professional organisations aim to ensure best practice, there is no statutory regulation of these therapies/services. We therefore strongly recommend that you also check whether your chosen Healthcare Professional is adequately trained and holds any necessary liability insurance.

For each therapy/service please ensure that your Healthcare Professional is a member of/registered with:

Acupressure
The Acupuncture & Acutherapist Council (MAAcC)
Acupuncture Foundation Professional Association (AFPA)
Acupuncture Society (MAcSAp)
British Acupuncture Council (BAcC)
British Complementary Medicine Association (BCMA)
British Medical Acupuncture Society (BMAS)
British Register of Complementary Practitioners (BRCP)
Complementary Therapists Association (CThA)
Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT)
Allergy Testing and Food Intolerance Testing
British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy (BANT)
British Complementary Medicine Association (BCMA)
British Register of Complementary Practitioners (BRCP)
British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology registered (BSACI)*
*Limited to Nurse, Health Professional or Doctor membership
Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC)
Complementary Therapists Association (CThA)
Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT)
Naturopathic Nutrition Association (NNA)
Aromatherapy
British Association of Beauty Therapy & Cosmetology (BABTAC)
British Complementary Medicine Association (BCMA)
British Register of Complementary Practitioners (BRCP)
Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC)
Complementary Therapists Association (CThA)
Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT)
General Regulatory Council for Complementary Therapies (GRCCT)
International Federation of Aromatherapists (IFA)
International Federation of Professional Aromatherapists (IFPA)
Hypnotherapy
Association for Professional Hypnosis and Psychotherapy (APHP)
Association for Solution Focussed Hypnotherapy (AfSFH)
British Association of Therapeutic Hynotherapists (BAThH)
British Complementary Medicine Association (BCMA)
British National Register of Advanced Hypnotherapists (NRAH)
British Register of Complementary Practitioners (BRCP)
British Society of Clinical Hypnosis (BSCH)
Clinical Hypnotherapy Professionals Association Ireland (CHPA)
Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC)
Complementary Therapists Association (CThA)
Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT)
General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR)
General Regulatory Council for Complementary Therapies (GRCCT)
International Hynotherapy Association (IHA)
National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH)
National Register of Hypnotherapists and Psychotherapists (NRHP)
National Hypnotherapy Society (NHS)
Indian Head Massage
British Association of Beauty Therapy & Cosmetology (BABTAC)
British Complementary Medicine Association (BCMA)
British Register of Complementary Practitioners (BRCP)
Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC)
Complementary Therapists Association (CThA)
Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT)
National Association of Massage & Manipulative Therapists (NAMMT)
Scottish Massage Therapists Organisation (SMTO)
Nutritional Therapy
Association for Nutrition (AFN)
Association of Naturopathic Practitioners (ANP)
British Association for Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy (BANT)
British Association of Beauty Therapy & Cosmetology (BABTAC)
British Complementary Medicine Association (BCMA)
British Register of Complementary Practitioners (BRCP)
Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC)
Complementary Therapists Association (CThA)
Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT)
Federation of Nutritional Therapy Practitioners (FNTP)
General Naturopathic Council (GNC)
Reflexology
Association of Reflexologists (AoR)
British Complementary Medicine Association (BCMA)
British Reflexology Association (BRA)
British Register of Complementary Practitioners (BRCP)
Clinical Association of Reflexologists (CAR)
Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC)
Complementary Therapists Association (CThA)
Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT)
General Regulatory Council for Complementary Therapies (GRCCT)
Institute of Reflexologist in Ireland (IRI)
International Federation of Reflexologists (IFR)
National Register of Reflexologists (Ireland) (NRRI)
The Scottish Massage Therapists Organisation (SMTO)
Reiki
British Complementary Medicine Association (BCMA)
British Register of Complementary Practitioners (BRCP)
Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC)
Complementary Therapists Association (CThA)
Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT)
General Regulatory Council for Complementary Therapies (GRCCT)
Reiki and Seichem Association (RASA)
UK Reiki Federation (UKRF)
Sports Massage
British Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Trainers (BASRaT)
British Register of Complementary Practitioners (BRCP)
Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC)
Complementary Therapists Association (CThA)
Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT)
Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Institute for Soft Tissue Therapists (ISRM)
London and Country Society of Physiologists (LCSP)
National Association of Massage & Manipulative Therapists (NAMMT)
Scottish Massage Therapists Organisation (SMTO)
Society of Sports Therapists (SST)
Sports Massage Association (SMA)
Sports Therapy Organisation (STO)

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