Tara brings to the CNHC more than 20 years’ experience of medical education, specifically within regulation.

Starting at Surgical Colleges she introduced curricula for all specialties together with standards for trainers and facilitated the establishment of Emergency Medicine as an independent specialty.

She joined the College of Anaesthetists as Director of Education and Human Resources, leading the College relocation and establishment of their education suite.

Tara was invited to lead a review of the areas of evaluation of overseas trained doctors and Certification at the Postgraduate Medical and Education Training Board (PMETB).  She led these areas on merger with the General Medical Council (GMC) before moving on to lead on approval of curricula, assessment systems, trainers and training environments.

Tara is a qualified neighbourhood and work place mediator and trustee for citizens advice. She runs a consultancy business specialising in medical education with a particular passion for standards, curricula design and continuous improvement.

Lynsey started her career in the City, leading large and complex change programmes. She brings to the board extensive experience at a senior level where she gained a deep understanding of good governance practices, strategy development and managing change. She then retrained in health and wellbeing and now runs a multi-disciplinary practice as an accredited life coach, Alexander Technique teacher and wellbeing consultant. She is passionate about complementary healthcare practitioners working closely with other providers to enable the public to have access to a wide range of healthcare options in a way that is safe and transparent.  

Lynsey is also a leading consultant in the corporate world, bringing her expertise to companies’ wellbeing initiatives and as a champion of mental and physical health in the workplace. As a sought after public speaker, she delivers inspirational seminars on how to stay happy and healthy amidst the challenges of modern life and is often to be found speaking at industry events and to global audiences of thousands. 

Teija has a background in electronic engineering and, with over 20 years in investment banking and energy trading technology, has gained a deep understanding of the emotional issues people face in their professional and private lives. She became interested in helping her colleagues and staff and this led to her gradually re-training herself over a decade ago. She now works as the Principal of ICH Clinical Hypnosis Training, responsible for the standards and ethics upheld by the organisation. She lectures on hypnotherapy and NLP training courses in the UK and in Finland and works as a private practitioner. Although based in the UK full-time, she was invited to join the board of the Finnish Hypnosis Association in 2017 and was elected the Chair in 2020.

Teija holds a MSc in Clinical Hypnosis, is a Reiki Master Trainer, CBT coach and has training in numerous other disciplines. As a passionate learner, she is now working to complete her Doctorate in Health Sciences and a Diploma in Counselling. She believes in the importance of an integrated healthcare approach that is accessible and delivered safely and ethically with appropriate guidance, standards and regulation.

Dawn Atkinson is the Group Deputy Director for Clinical Governance and Performance at a large acute London NHS Foundation Trust. She started her NHS career as nurse and has held a number of senior NHS management, nursing and national leadership roles with a background in healthcare governance, regulation, quality and standards. Dawn continues to hold her nursing registration and re-validation and is a practicing General Medical Council Non-Medical Appraiser.

She is a specialist advisor in relation to clinical governance inspections with the Care Quality Commission, the regulator for health and social care. She also sits as a lay member of the UK Association for Nutrition (AfN) Regulation Committee.

Dawn sees CHNC as having an important role in giving both the public and other healthcare professionals’ confidence through voluntary regulation - as all CNHC Registrants are assured to provide excellent standards of patient care.

Earle Abrahamson is a Professor in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at the University of Hertfordshire. In addition, he is an internationally published author, therapist, psychologist, educator, consultant and teaching fellow. He has worked actively in education and complementary therapies, specialising in sport and exercise massage and rehabilitation. He is former chair of the Massage Training Institute (MTI), Chair of the General Council for Massage Therapies (GCMT). He is a principal and national teaching fellow of Advanced HE, Fellow of the ICNM and an inaugural ISSOTL fellow.

 

Earle is a practising therapist having previously served on the CNHC Massage PSB from its inception. 
 

He has written numerous texts including: Sports Rehabilitation and Injury Prevention (2010); Making Sense of Learning and Teaching Human Anatomy (2016) and Muscle Testing: A Concise Manual (2019). 
 

Earle has worked as a lead therapist at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. In 2017, he was invited to provide soft tissue therapy services at the World Athletics Event. Earle regularly contributes articles and vlogs to industry specific publications and outputs and campaigns for raising educational standards and practices within soft tissue and complementary therapies. 

Iain began a lengthy career in the NHS qualifying as a nurse and working in a range of clinical settings before holding a number of management and leadership roles. Iain brings to the council sound knowledge and skills in how good governing bodies function, and first hand experience of regulation in working for NHS Improvement.  He has also worked closely with the Care Quality Commission  supporting hospitals to improve services for patients. Iain has held a number of executive board level and chief executive roles within the NHS; also working in a non executive role as a charity board trustee. 

Developing a strong respect for complementary therapies and having seen the benefit and contribution they can make as a partner in services for patients, Iain comes with an energy, drive and commitment to see the professions CNHC registers become an integral part of mainstream health and social care services.

Jennifer is Associate Head of School for Student Experience at Coventry University, supporting academic staff and educating senior NHS leaders and international Global Healthcare Management students. She is a Director of JBH Training Ltd in Worcester which provides complementary therapy training. She is also a university external examiner/external advisor and a Trustee of the Research Council for Complementary Medicine (RCCM). 

As a holistic and sports massage therapist, complementary therapist and educator for over 15 years, she is passionate about equality, inclusivity and making learning and professional experiences available to all. Jennifer is a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy, member of the Massage Training Institute (MTI) and Federation of Holistic Therapists (FHT)

Jennifer’s role as a CNHC Board Member enables her to actively promote the safety, quality assurance and awareness of complementary health modalities.

Ann has had an extensive career working in the regulation of both conventional and herbal medicines throughout the globe in many therapeutic areas. She had been involved for many years with the education, training and professional standards in her own field of regulatory professionals, and more recently with the regulation of other healthcare professionals. She has experience in setting and assessing criteria for continuing professional development (CPD).

She believes there is an important role for the integration of complementary therapies in healthcare, with ever increasing research evidence supporting their value. She sees CHNC as having an important role in giving both the public and other healthcare professionals confidence through voluntary regulation - as all CNHC Registrants are assured to provide excellent standards of patient care.

Ann would like to contribute to the wider dissemination of CNHC values, education and development to increase the integration and acceptance of complementary therapies in mainstream UK healthcare.