Preventing abuse in the complementary healthcare professions

Trust is the bedrock of any relationship between a health practitioner and patient. Sadly there are rare occasions when health practitioners violate the boundaries of their relationship with a patient.

This is just as likely to happen within the complementary healthcare field as within conventional healthcare settings, particularly as many complementary practitioners work with vulnerable people.

The Foundation is working with an organisation called WITNESS, a charity dedicated to helping people who have been abused by health and care workers.  Together we will increase awareness of the need for complementary practitioners to have clear and common professional boundaries.