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[post_content] => The Society of Homeopaths and its partners in the Integrated Healthcare Collaborative (IHC) have written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP, to ask for support in the medium term for our industry during the energy crisis.
The complementary, traditional and natural healthcare industry is an innovative sector, made up of thousands of self-employed therapists and practitioners, coupled with small and micro businesses. Some individuals within it work only part-time alongside family and other commitments. This makes our industry particularly vulnerable to the increases in costs which are currently being experienced. These self-employed individuals and businesses cannot absorb these increased costs themselves, nor can they simply pass them onto patients, many of whom are also facing financial insecurity.
Whilst the support for households, and the new six-month scheme for businesses and other non-domestic energy users, is welcomed across our industry, there are still significant concerns in the medium term. The Government has said that it intends to carry out a review in 3 months to identify the most vulnerable non-domestic customers, and how it will continue to assist them with energy costs after March 2023. We have asked them, at the review in 3 months’ time, to designate the complementary, traditional and natural healthcare sector as a vulnerable industry.
Healthcare professionals in our sector contribute to the physical and mental health and wellbeing of millions of people across the UK. If these individuals and businesses cannot continue to provide services, then it will have a knock-on effect on the health and wellbeing of patients, potentially leading to increased demands and pressures on an already overstretched NHS.
Corinne Stuart Society of Homeopath's Chief Executive said, “It is vital that support is given to the complementary, traditional and natural healthcare industry in the medium term to protect it against spiralling energy costs. It must be able to continue to provide important and valued services, and cannot be allowed to fall off a cliff face when the current support ends in March 2023.”
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The Society of Homeopaths and its partners in the Integrated Healthcare Collaborative (IHC) have written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng MP, to ask for support in the medium term for our industry during the energy crisis.
The complementary, traditional and natural healthcare industry is an innovative sector, made up of thousands of self-employed therapists and practitioners, coupled with small and micro businesses. Some individuals within it work only part-time alongside family and other commitments. This makes our industry particularly vulnerable to the increases in costs which are currently being experienced. These self-employed individuals and businesses cannot absorb these increased costs themselves, nor can they simply pass them onto patients, many of whom are also facing financial insecurity.
Whilst the support for households, and the new six-month scheme for businesses and other non-domestic energy users, is welcomed across our industry, there are still significant concerns in the medium term. The Government has said that it intends to carry out a review in 3 months to identify the most vulnerable non-domestic customers, and how it will continue to assist them with energy costs after March 2023. We have asked them, at the review in 3 months’ time, to designate the complementary, traditional and natural healthcare sector as a vulnerable industry.
Healthcare professionals in our sector contribute to the physical and mental health and wellbeing of millions of people across the UK. If these individuals and businesses cannot continue to provide services, then it will have a knock-on effect on the health and wellbeing of patients, potentially leading to increased demands and pressures on an already overstretched NHS.
Corinne Stuart Society of Homeopath’s Chief Executive said, “It is vital that support is given to the complementary, traditional and natural healthcare industry in the medium term to protect it against spiralling energy costs. It must be able to continue to provide important and valued services, and cannot be allowed to fall off a cliff face when the current support ends in March 2023.”