Regulating complementary therapies

Regulation is a dry subject, but an important one. In the UK, orthodox medicine is statutorily regulated.  This means that no-one can claim to be a doctor or nurse without having passed stringent examinations.  The picture for complementary medicine is much more mixed - while chiropractors and osteopaths are statutorily regulated, many other therapies are not.  This makes it hard for the public to distinguish between an experienced, responsible practitioner and someone who has little training. 

These pages describe how we are working with various complementary therapies to help them move towards voluntary self-regulation.