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Acupuncture

The British Acupuncture Council are the main regulatory body for acupuncturists in the UK. They produce a number of fact sheet about the use of acupuncture with different conditions and diseases: British Acupuncture Council Fact sheets.

Fertility & Pregnancy

The AFN (Acupuncture Fertility Network) is a special interest group of acupuncturists dedicated to supporting those with fertility issues.

Debra Betts (New Zealand) specialises in acupuncture and acupressure for pregnancy and childbirth. She has produced a booklet for acupressure in childbirth.

Not all acupuncture is equal

At the moment anybody is allowed to call themselves Acupuncturist or Doctor and start advertising & practicing acupuncture regardless of qualifications or experience.

This is deeply worrying for the British Acupuncture Council (BAcC), whose members are all acupuncture practitioners and joining requirements include a minimum of 3 years (3,500 hours) of acupuncture specific training at degree level and more than 400 clinical hours experience before qualifying.

Members of the BAcC are subject to a code of conduct, practice and complaints procedure. The BAcC are the only UK acupuncture regulatory body accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).