We advocate on behalf of traditional acupuncture professionals and maintain the highest professional standards to protect the general public.
We provide our members with a wide range of services to facilitate their practice:
- Expanding awareness of traditional acupuncture and how it works
- Representing the interests of fully qualified traditional acupuncturists
- Establishing and maintaining the highest professional standards of practice for acupuncture in the UK
- Overseeing and accrediting acupuncture education to ensure excellence in training
- Funding evidence-based clinical research on the benefits of traditional acupuncture
- Promoting evidence-based research to the public, the media and other healthcare providers
- Promoting integrated healthcare and contributing to the development of national healthcare policy.
Who we are
We are the UK’s largest, member-led, professional body for traditional acupuncturists.
- One of the first organisations to become a PSA Accredited Register
- Recognised and respected post-nominals MBAcC, FBAcC and OMBAcC
- Professional standards and ethics advice
- Codes of professional conduct and disciplinary procedures
- NHS recognition and links to the BAcC, including GP referral status
- Support for top-quality training through the British Acupuncture Accreditation Board
- Continued Professional Development guidance and support.
- Codes and guides for safe practice, including COVID-19 guidelines
- ‘Let’s Talk About’ campaigns
- Risk assessment forms and clinical self-audit tools
- Safe Practice incident reporting scheme.
- Professional insurance and adjunctive therapies insurance
- Legal helpline and confidential practice support advice
- Discounts on conferences and courses.
- Regular enews bulletins
- Member website hosting resources across all BAcC products and services
- Member magazine, Acu.
- Access to the European Journal of Oriental Medicine
- Marketing support for your practice with leaflets, logos, online resources and exhibition materials
- Website and social media guides to support your business.
- Promotion of the acupuncture profession through lobbying
- Research support, fact sheets, case studies, dissertations and review papers
- ARRC symposium
- Annual conference
- Advocation with regulatory bodies and promotion of research
- Work with stakeholder organisations and healthcare charities.
- Regional groups provide networking, workshops and socialising opportunities
- Regular free webinars and events
- Town Hall meetings
- Networking opportunities at the annual conference and research symposium
- Mentoring and supervision register.
Join the BAcC today!
Join the UK’s largest professional body for traditional acupuncturists.
