What does the CNHC quality mark mean?

Skills for Health, an independent agency, is responsible for establishing National Occupational Standards across a wide range of health care disciplines, including many complementary therapies.  National Occupational Standards define what a competent person should be able to do when they carry out a particular activity or function.

 If a practitioner has the CNHC quality mark it means that they:

• Have undertaken a programme of education and training which meets, as a minimum, the National Occupational Standards for that profession/discipline

or

• Have achieved competency to the level of the National Occupational Standards for the therapy/discipline concerned by means of relevant experience of at least three years and /or relevant training and been assessed by their peers as having met those standards

and

• Have met the agreed standards of proficiency for that profession/discipline
• Have provided an independent reference of their good character
• Have declared that they do not hold a criminal record
• Have declared that there are no health issues that impact on their ability to practice
• Have declared that they have not been the subject of any disciplinary or civil proceedings against them in relation to their practice
• Hold current professional indemnity insurance
• Have agreed to abide by the CNHC Code of Conduct, Performance and Ethics