This session will outline the system of voluntary regulation of complementary healthcare practitioners in the UK and discuss why setting standards is crucial to the integration of complementary therapies into mainstream healthcare. The Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC), set up in 2008 with initial government funding and support, holds a register of complementary healthcare practitioners in the UK accredited by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA), a body accountable to Parliament. Whether you are a complementary therapist who wants to demonstrate to your clients that you practise safely and are willing to hold yourself accountable, or a mainstream healthcare provider whose patients would benefit from receiving complementary therapies, this workshop will give you an insight into how CNHC registrants work alongside mainstream medicine to provide a holistic approach to improve the health and wellbeing of the nation, reducing the pressure on GPs.