January 2009

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January 2009

Dear Colleague,

Welcome to the January edition of FIH news, and a happy new year to all readers.

We've sifted over 100 entries to our integrated health awards to produce a shortlist of 23. Over the next few weeks, we'll be visiting them all, and bringing you photographs and stories from some of the UK's most innovative healthcare projects.

In 2009 we're also planning to extend and strengthen our ties with healthcare professionals. This month we'd like to invite General Practitioners to sign up for our free network. Over the coming weeks, we'll be extending the scheme to include CAM practitioners, nurses and pharmacists.

We explore the widening use of two complementary health approaches. Art Therapy has historically been offered to people suffering from mental health issues. Val Huet, Chief Executive of the British Association of Art Therapists tells us how its use is widening. Meanwhile Dr Raj Sharma describes his work as a hypnotherapist at the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital.

Manufactured herbal medicines will need a licence or a traditional use registration to be sold in the UK from April 2011. Find out about the changes and explore further links.

News

	Shortlist for 2008 awards This month, we'll be visiting the 23 projects which made the shortlist for the 2008 Integrated Health Awards. Entries vary from complementary therapies in cancer care, to projects helping women escape prostitution. There's also a truly innovative scheme which harnesses the weather forecast to help people with respiratory problems.



	Art and Wellbeing Can Art Therapy help with physical illnesses? Val Huet describes new ways that the therapy is being used, in schools and general practice as well as in mental health settings.



	Hypnotherapy in medical practice The first and only dedicated NHS Medical & Clinical Hypnosis Service is run by Dr Raj Sharma and Rieko Ito, a nurse therapist at the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital. Here, Dr Sharma tells us about their work.



	GPs, join our network We're inviting GPs to sign up to our free network. Whether you're already committed to an integrated approach, or merely curious, we can help deepen your understanding and support your work.



	US Institute of Medicine pushes integrated agenda with new summit The Institute of Medicine, a leading independent advisor on health in the States, is holding a conference on integrated medicine in February. Attended by many well-respected names from the US and UK, it's likely to be influential in pushing forward the integrated agenda.



	First herbal registrations come online From 30 April 2011, manufactured herbal medicines placed on the UK market need either a traditional herbal registration or a product licence. Explore a list of the first herbs to be registered, their manufacturers and where to find out more.

Further information

	The Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council's new register opens
	Co-chair of the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council, Maggie Dunn, talks to the BBC about the opening of their register to CAM practitioners.

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