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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AndBreathe" data-source="post: 1266075" data-attributes="member: 88961">Perhaps I've missed it in the detail of the post, but many Alternative Practitioners are also traditionally medically qualified.  The Chiropractor I used some years ago to treat my then tennis elbow was dually qualified as an NHS GP and Chiropractor in Private Practice.  Similarly, I know of another NHS GP who also offers Accupuncture, partly on the NHS and partly in his stand-alone Private Practice.In my experience, some of these people, including physios podiatrists and other sometimes considered peripheral services become dually qualified because they believe, in certain circumstances, there has to be a better way to deal with some folks and conditions.I think like most things, whether it be alternative therapists, Social Workers, Bankers, Doctors or Lawyers (to mention but a few), there are good apples and bad apples in the barrel.In all fields of life we should each be applying Caveat Emptor.</blockquote>

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