Latest Information from NTC
March 2013
Accreditation of courses at the Centre for Nutrition Education & Lifestyle Management (CNELM)
The Nutritional Therapy Council is pleased to announce that full accreditation has been awarded for the BSc Hons Nutritional Therapy / Fast Track + PG Cert Nutritional Therapy + Practitioner Development course for a further three years, effective from November 2012.
In addition, full accreditation has been awarded for the BSC Hons Nutritional Science + Practice Diploma and the MSc and PG Dip in Personalised Nutrition + Practice Diploma, effective from 1st March 2013.
The NTC would like to congratulate CNELM on achieving full accreditation of all three courses which have been accredited against the National Occupational Standard (NOS) in Nutritional Therapy.
February 2013
Accreditation of the Naturopathic Nutrition Diploma Course at The College of Naturopathic Medicine (CNM)
The Nutritional Therapy Council is pleased to announce that full accreditation has been awarded for the Naturopathic Nutrition Diploma Course at The College of Naturopathic Medicine (CNM) for a period of two years, effective from 19th February 2013.
January 2013
Accreditation of the Dip ION Nutritional Therapy course at the Institute for Optimum Nutrition
The Nutritional Therapy Council is pleased to announce that full accreditation has been awarded for the Dip ION Nutritional Therapy course at the Institute for Optimum Nutrition for a further three years, effective from August 2012.
The course has been accredited by the NTC against the National Occupational Standard (NOS) in Nutritional Therapy.
Monday 20th February 2012
Accreditation of the BSc Nutritional Medicine / BSc/BSc (Hons) Nutritional Therapy course at the University of West London
The Nutritional Therapy Council is pleased to announce that full accreditation has been awarded for the BSc Nutritional Medicine / BSc/BSc (Hons) Nutritional Therapy course at the University of West London, effective February 2012.
The course has been accredited by the NTC against the National Occupational Standard (NOS) in Nutritional Therapy.
NTC Accreditation recognises the high standard of these courses in delivering the Core Curriculum for professional nutritional therapy practice. Graduates of NTC-accredited courses are eligible for immediate registration with the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC), which is recognised by the Department of Health for regulation of complementary healthcare professionals.
The National Occupational Standards are developed and updated by Skills for Health, www.skillsforhealth.org.uk which is the Sector Skills Council for the healthcare sector, licensed by the Secretary of State for Education and Skills.
Only training providers whose courses successfully achieve full Accreditation can advertise that course as accredited by the NTC and use the NTC logo on advertising material and course prospectus.
Monday 16th January 2012
Which? Report on Nutritional Therapy
The Nutritional Therapy Council has not seen the details of the Which? report into nutritional therapy and we were not involved in its inception or design. We have not been asked by Which? for our input in the assessment of practitioner performance.
We would hope to find that the report was prepared in an unbiased manner and that information collected was evaluated by a panel that included qualified and experienced nutritional therapists, who could assess the performance of the targeted practitioners against the National Occupational Standard, which was prepared by Skills for Health, the sector skills council for healthcare. As in other professions, assessment of practitioner performance should involve experts from that profession.
The Nutritional Therapy Council was established to raise standards of training and practice in Nutritional Therapy. We established voluntary regulation and registered over 600 practitioners before handing over registration to the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC) in 2009. If there are issues of practitioner underperformance or concern, we would expect them to be pursued with the CNHC, the body responsible for practitioner regulation.
The Nutritional Therapy Council provides the accreditation process for training courses in nutritional therapy, to ensure that students are taught to the Core Curriculum to meet the National Occupational Standard. There are now a number of fully accredited degree, Masters degree and higher education diploma courses in Nutritional Therapy. We would therefore be interested to know how practitioners in the Which? report were selected, where they were trained, and if they were registered.
Furthermore, we welcome the opportunity to work with other organisations in the nutrition field to improve standards and regulation.
With the transfer of the register to the CNHC, the NTC has a new focus. It will now develop its role as the Professional Standards Council for Nutritional Therapy, developing education and training standards for the profession.
This will include:
Accreditation of courses to the National Occupational Standards
Updating the Core Curriculum for training providers
Providing support and advice to training providers
The NTC has a number of other projects in development including registration for specialist practitioners and teachers in nutritional therapy, and a Return to Practice scheme. Professional Associations representing Nutritional Therapists working at the level of the National Occupational Standard are offered representation on the NTC Council.
