12th May 2020 The British Chiropractic Association (BCA) represents the majority of chiropractors in the UK and has at its core the values which have been its ethos for 95 years. These include the placing of patient care and safety above all other considerations. Our chiropractors also have a duty of care to their staff […]
The BCA joined 15 groups representing 12 professionals practising through small businesses to write to the Chancellor to request rate relief for professions disproportionally affected by lockdown. Read the full letter
Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP Chancellor of the Exchequer HM Treasury Download the PDF of the letter Chief Secretary’s Office 1 Horse Guards Road London SW1A 2HQ 27th April 2020 Dear Chancellor, Re: COVID-19: Support for Businesses We are contacting you on behalf of the Association of Optometrists, British Association of Sport Rehabilitators, British Chiropractic […]
New Chiropractic Degree at Teesside University Applications now open for September 2020 start The eagerly awaited chiropractic degree in the North East of England is now taking applications for a September 2020 start at Teesside University. The course is led by Daniel Moore, a 2013 WIOC graduate and BCA member. We caught up with him to […]
The BCA is a member of ARMA – Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance. Members of the ARMA network joined together to urge the government to extend it’s support for charities to patient organisations. 17 April 2020 Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP Chancellor of the Exchequer HM Treasury 1 Horse Guards Road London SW1A 2HQ Cc: Baroness Barran MBE, […]
An open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer COVID-19: Support for businesses Lack of Financial Support for the Self-Employed, recent Graduates and Directors of Limited Companies It is with great concern that we wish to ask for your support regarding the guidance produced by the Treasury in relation to financial measures to support people and […]
Ms Mary Chapman Chair, General Chiropractic Council Sent by email Dear Ms Chapman, COVID-19: GCC Support for Chiropractors We wish to raise our concerns around the future of our profession and the impact on patient safety and access to regulated care should concessions not be made by the GCC through this period of disruption caused […]
For the Attention of all Private Medical Insurers, Exclusion of Chiropractors from reimbursement of Telehealth Consultations It is with great concern and urgency that I wish to discuss the exclusion of chiropractors from reimbursement from Private Medical Insurers for Telehealth and other remote forms of consultation. Chiropractic in the private practice setting is all but […]
Chiropractic clinics being excluded from Retail Discount Dear Mr Jenrick, Expanded Retail Discount 2020/2021: Coronavirus Response It is with great concern that I wish to discuss the guidance produced by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government in relation to the Business Rates Discount. We note from paragraph 16 that medical services, including chiropractors, […]
A statement from all UK Associations and the Royal College of Chiropractors