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Closed Oppose further applications by the British Acupuncture Council (BAcC) to the Privy Council to gain an “exclusive” Royal Charter in Acupuncture

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Any Royal Charter for Acupuncture should include all current professional Acupuncture organisations.It would be inappropriate for the BAcC to gain a business and professional advantage over other professional acupuncture bodies.

We are petitioning the Privy Council to uphold its refusal to award a Royal Charter to the BAcC for these reasons:

As a professional body BAcC should represent a field of activity unique to itself. It does not. Source://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/royal-charters/chartered-bodies/

The Charter would not embrace all the types of “Acupuncture” practised in the UK, eg Western Medical, Chinese, Microsystems eg Auricular

If Statutory Regulation were to come, the organisation with a Charter would likely be the only one to be consulted.

Those excluded by the Charter may not be able to practise, work in the NHS or obtain insurance.

A Charter may mislead the public into consulting only those with this status, thus reducing freedom of choice.

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