About The British Cupping Society
The BCS was formally established in 2008. Following years of groundwork laying the foundations of professionalisation, the BCS is now recognized as the international benchmark for standards in Cupping Therapy (CT).
The BCS is the first CT organisation established by medical and healthcare professionals with a focus on professionalisation. Since 2008 BCS has been consulting with ministries of health, universities and healthcare authorities throughout the world in an attempt to internationally standardise, regulate and develop clinical guidelines in CT.
Utmost importance is given to patient safety. We believe that healthcare should be delivered only by trained healthcare professionals. CT is a form of complementary medicine practice that should be integrated into mainstream practice by trained healthcare professionals. This belief has given the public and authorities worldwide great confidence that practitioners trained by BCS will always have patient safety and well-being as their main priority.
Some of our clinical protocols have been utilised by academics in research, published in highly reputable peer reviewed scientific journals and presented at prestigious medical conferences worldwide. In addition, our esteemed and experienced team have helped supervise numerous clinical research projects, undergraduate and post-graduate degrees related to CT.
BCS is an independent regulator of cupping therapy in the UK as well as being a membership organisation. In line with our mission and ethos we are now incorporated into the GRCCT: The General Regulatory Council for Complementary Therapies, this umbrella organisation is the UK’s federal regulator for complementary therapies.
Over the years we have developed expertise in several areas related to Cupping Therapy (CT). BCS has the pleasure of working in the following areas:
Consultancy
Consultancy in regulating CT in the UK and internationally
Development
Providing a platform for the development and implementation of evidenced based CT treatment protocols.
Education
Education Programmes in CT for Health Professionals
Indemnity
Facilitating indemnity for our practitioners
Organising
Facilitating and organising international conferences in CT
Network
Developing a network for medical CT worldwide
Regulating
Regulating BCS cupping practitioners in the UK
Partners
Working with partners in addressing Public Health issues related to CT
Supervising
Facilitating and supervising Masters and PhD level research
Representative
Becoming a member of the General Regulatory Council for Complimentary Therapies (GRCCT) and acting as an official representative of CT in the UK.
A number of Ministries of Health have taken the BCS’s training programme as their national standard for all Medical and Healthcare Professionals:
" We are also pleased to announce confirmation of Cupping Therapy Regulation in Turkey, using the BCS model "
BCS, 2013