Find an approved practitioner
We don’t recommend particular practitioners but to help you find your nearest practitioner we’ve compiled the following list of websites. Please refer to your individual policy information as the terms and benefit requirements may differ.
Acupuncture
- Fully qualified practitioner, Member of the British Acupuncture Council:
acupuncture.org.uk/find-an-acupuncturist - Fully Accredited Member of the British Medical Acupuncture Society*:
www.medical-acupuncture.co.uk/Patients/FindaPractitioner - Fully Accredited Member of an association under the British Acupuncture Federation (BAF):
www.britishacupuncturefederation.co.uk/registrants-list/
* Please note fully accredited members hold the BMAS DipMedAc qualification. Ensure the Qualification Level is set to BMAS DipMedAc when searching.
If you have the following plans use this list:
- Westfield Flex (plan guide PB117)
Practitioners are required to be fully accredited members of one of the bodies listed and hold the relevant qualifications to practice acupuncture:
- British Medical Acupuncture Society (BMAS)
www.medical-acupuncture.co.uk/Patients/FindaPractitioner - British Complementary Medicine Association (BCMA)
www.bcma.co.uk/find-a-therapist - Complementary Therapists Association (CThA)
www.ctha.com - Acupuncture Foundation Professional Association (AFPA)
afpa.ie/find-a-member - Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (AACP)
aacp.org.uk/practitioner-search - Federation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners (FTCMP)
ftcmp.co.uk/en/home - Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT)
www.fht.org.uk/find-a-therapist - The Acupuncture & Acutherapist Council (MAAcC)
- British Register of Complementary Practitioners (BRCP)
brcp.uk - Acupuncture Society (MAcSAp)
- The Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture UK (ATCM)
www.atcm.co.uk/find-a-practitioner - Acupuncture-Acutherapy Council (AcuC)
www.acupuncture-acutherapy.co.uk/search
Chiropody
- Fully qualified practitioner, registered with the Health & Care Professions Council:
www.hcpc-uk.org
Chiropractic
- Fully qualified practitioner, registered with the General Chiropractic Council:
www.gcc-uk.org
Dental
- Fully qualified dental practitioner, holding current registration with the General Dental Council:
olr.gdc-uk.org/searchregister
Homeopathy
Fully qualified Homeopath who is a member of one of the following professional bodies:
- Member of the Faculty of Homeopathy:
www.facultyofhomeopathy.org - Licensed or Registered Member of the Society of Homeopaths:
homeopathy-soh.org - Member of the Alliance of Registered Homeopaths:
www.a-r-h.org/find-a-homeopath
If you have the following plans use this list:
- Westfield Flex (plan guide PB117)
Practitioners are required to be fully accredited members of one of the bodies listed and hold the relevant qualifications to practice homeopathy:
- The Faculty of Homeopathy
www.facultyofhomeopathy.org - The Society of Homeopaths
homeopathy-soh.org - UK Homeopathic Medical Association (UKHMA)
- Member of the Alliance of Registered Homeopaths
www.a-r-h.org/find-a-homeopath - British Complementary Medicine Association (BCMA)
www.bcma.co.uk/find-a-therapist - Complementary Therapists Association (CThA)
www.ctha.com - Irish Society of Homeopaths (ISH)
irishhomeopathy.ie - Member of The Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT)
www.fht.org.uk/find-a-therapist - British Register of Complementary Practitioners (BRCP)
brcp.uk
Optical
- Fully qualified optician, registered with the General Optical Council:
optical.org
Osteopathy
- Fully qualified practitioner, registered with the General Osteopathic Council:
www.osteopathy.org.uk/register-search
Physiotherapy
- Fully qualified practitioner, registered with the Health & Care Professions Council:
www.hcpc-uk.org
Registered treatment centres
- Department of Health:
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care - Health and Social Care Information Centre:
digital.nhs.uk
Consultant physician/Consultant surgeon
- General Medical Council:
www.gmc-uk.org
