Welcome to the Institute for Complementary and Natural Medicine Website

The Institute for Complementary and Natural Medicine (ICNM) is a UK-registered charity that was formed in 2008 from the merger of two charities, the Institute for Complementary Medicine(ICM) and the Nature Cure Clinic(NCC). The ICM was formed in 1982 to provide the public with information on all aspects of the safe and best practice of Complementary Medicine through its practitioners, courses and research.The NCC was formed in 1928 and took a pioneering approach to natural medicine by offering free treatments to those who could not otherwise have afforded them.

The ICNM aims to build a bridge between complementary and natural medicine and allopathic healthcare.

The ICNM administers the British Register of Complementary Practitioners (BRCP) which is a Register of professional Practitioners and Therapists who have provided evidence of their individual competence to practise.
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The British Register - Our 20th Anniversary:

On 23 January 1989 the British Register received its first recorded Practitioner Members. It is a pleasure to record our 20th Anniversary this year. It has been a revolutionary era for CAM practice and much has been achieved, with increasing signs of integration with allopathic services. Our warmest recognition of the initiative and dedication of our co-Founders, Michael Endacott and Anthony Baird - and all our valued Members, who made this possible.

The relationship between ICNM and BRCP is described in the next section - Policy Statement - which highlights the working arrangements between ICNM and BRCP, and the benefits this working relationship provides to Members of the Register, and to the public.