I'm delighted to tell you that, after years of procrastination and passing-the-parcel, we now have a new regulator looking after the nutritional industry.
Normally, I would not get excited about yet another layer of bureacracy being inflicted on our business - but this time it's different. We've spent years trying to differentiate our honours-degree qualified Nutritional Consultants from the guy in the gym who does a weekend course then positions himself as a 'nutrition expert'. Now the government is going to do it for us...
On January 19th 2009 the The Complementary & Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC) came into being. This is the new government recognised regulatory body for complementary & alternative medicine (CAM), funded by the Department of Health (DoH).
All our Nutritional Consultants have completed degrees which meet the Core Curriculum and National Occupational Standards of the Nutritional Therapy Council (NTC). The NTC register of nutritional therapy practitioners is one of the first to come under the jurisdiction of CNHC. In time, other complementary and alternative therapies will join the CNHC.
The CNHC is the ONLY regulator & is recognised by the DoH, NHS & other service providers.
The good news for you is that ALL our Nutritional Consultants fully meet the regulatory criteria of the CNHC. Some are already registered and the others are well advanced in the process. You can rest assured that you are dealing with the highest qualified Nutritional Consultants in the UK, who meet and exceed the standards laid down by the new government regulator.
In its role as regulator the CNHC has been charged with putting in place:
The National Occupational Standards (NOS)
- A Core Curriculum (CC)
- The Code of Ethics
- A complaints procedure
- A process for public protection
Skills for Health is the name of the appointed Skills Council undertaking a review of the National Occupational Standards for several disciplines, including nutritional therapy.
National Nutrition Clinic and our practitioners are committed to meeting all of these standards as they emerge. We aim to be the leaders in our field, and very much hope that this new regulatory initiative will make your choice easier while rewarding our practitioners for the years of study and clinical practice that they undergo before ever offering nutritional advice to a patient.
Graham Rowan
Director, National Nutrition Clinic
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