WE ARE;
The only professional association representing Naturopathic and Naprapathic practitioners of all levels in the UK.
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The only professional association for Naprapaths in the UK.
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The only professional association that requires Naturopathic Doctors and Doctors of Naprapathy to have completed a degree-level course over a minimum of 4 years before they can be admitted to registration and licensure. Following a similar syllabus as an allopathic doctor.
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The only professional association that requires members to practice patient-centred, integrated, scientifically proven natural therapies.
Public Information
The public and other healthcare professionals can find information about us and what we do here.
Who are we?
We are a group of like-minded individual practitioners. Some of whom hold regulated qualifications and accredited degrees from the UK and abroad. Although based in the UK and ROI, our reach is international. Forming networks with others for the same mission.
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Our mission is to voluntarily regulate certain professions where there isn't any statutory regulation and to raise educational and clinical practice standards to a higher level than is currently available. Therefore, ALL members voluntarily strive to reach, or have reached, the standards required of our organisation for their current level of registration and licensure.
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Raising standards, holding practitioners accountable, and having checks and balances in place make the profession safer for the public.
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Our aim is for all our practitioners to offer safe, effective, scientifically proven and evidence-based natural therapies for a wide range of conditions.
To work in a patient-centred and integrated manner with other health care professionals, sharing care where necessary for the benefit of the patient.
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"THE PATIENT IS NUMBER ONE"
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What we do.
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Advocacy and Professional Representation (At local and government level).
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Ongoing Education and Skill Development (extending the scope of practice to help our NHS colleagues).
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Ethical Guidelines and Professional Standards (Through codes of ethics and discipline).
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Networking Opportunities and Community Building (Locally, Nationally and internationally in an independent manner).
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Public Outreach and Awareness Campaigns (Health education and promotion for the public and other health professionals, running events).
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Support for Research and Innovation (Encouraging sliding scale fees and community and charitable work).
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Access to Resources and Professional Tools (Continually develop CPD and mentorship for new and existing members).
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Professional Registration and Licensure (Maintain an up-to-date register and licensure system that can be checked by the public at any time to see if their practitioner is one of our members whom we have the power to hold accountable).
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Course Accreditation through our College.
* If you have a complaint or concern about one of our members, and you can't speak to them directly to resolve the matter, please report it through our contact form online, and we will contact you for more information.
* We can only deal with complaints about our registered and licensed members.
We understand how confusing qualifications can be, and how hard it is to tell if one practitioner is better qualified than another. With such a wide range of regulated and unregulated qualifications in the UK, choosing the right professional can feel overwhelming. That’s where we come in. Our primary service is registration and licensure: we carefully assess applications, verify documentation, and evaluate practitioner competency, so the public doesn’t have to.
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Additionally, if a practitioner is registered and licensed with us, you can be confident that we’ve thoroughly completed our due diligence, this may include checking references, conducting criminal record checks, and verifying academic or clinical qualifications, and or requiring them to have taken our national academic and clinical examinations prior to being accepted.
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Registered and licensed practitioners are legally bound by our code of professional ethics and practice, and fall under our jurisdiction for disciplinary and legal matters. They take their membership seriously, upholding the highest standards of accountability you can trust.
Only registered and licensed practitioners can display our logos, honours and titles.
Click here to find out more about academic and clinical requirements for the various levels of registration and licensure.
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