Complementary/ alternative medicine

We recognise that complementary medicine can be beneficial to patients and do not wish to inhibit members from providing recognised treatments.

However, if you offer patients complementary treatments, you should only undertake procedures that are in the patient’s best interests and for which you have the requisite skills, training and facilities. In the event of a claim, complaint or other legal challenge, you must be able to demonstrate that you were acting in accordance with recognised medical practice, and that experts in the field would support that form of management.

If you offer alternative forms of medicine, you should notify us of the technique employed within your practice and answer any supplementary questions.

If you withhold information or provide false or misleading answers, this may adversely affect your entitlement to the benefits of membership.