Practitioner led Acupuncture Association
Why AA
The Acupuncture Association is run by acupuncturists for acupuncturists and we understand the clinical issues as well as the larger strategic ones that need accomplishing moving forward. The AA are a board member of both the British Acupuncture Federation and the Acupuncture Regulatory Authority and so we can voice your issues and concerns to a larger group which can look at resolving these and to strategically moving acupuncture forward in the UK. A good example of this is how we enabled our members to open under all Covid lockdowns and went fully back to work in July 2020 and were classed as the same category as other Healthcare professionals such as Osteopaths and Physiotherapists by PHE.
Benefits
Our two largest benefits that usually easily save you enough money to cover our membership fee are our hugely discounted insurance and our unique industry sharps disposal service which is the cheapest in the UK. As well as this we have a host of PARTNER DISCOUNTS as well as the following –
Be part of a community
Access to a proactive and supportive team – See why AA members love us!
Publicise your clinic
Publicise your clinic on our Acupuncture Near Me Finder.
Legal and regulatory advice
Comprehensive legal and regulatory advice when you need it most given by leading experts in the acupuncture field.
BAF Affinity Insurance Scheme
BAF have partnered with Balens Specialist Insurance Brokers to provide our AA members with a bespoke Affinity Scheme Insurance Policy which has painstakingly been designed to cover acupuncture and related therapies. We are now one of the only groups who optionally can insure you for blood letting as well as semi permanent acupuncture needles such as ASP and press needles which you were most likely not insured for previously. The policy also includes automatic cover for many adjunct therapies such as cupping and gua sha.
Discounted Premiums
The premium for cover depends on the activities you practice. All policies provide a limit of indemnity of either £4,000,000 or £6,000,000.
Auricular Acupuncture cover from £52.95 per annum
Acupuncture cover from £58.90 per annum
Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tuina and Acupuncture from £113.23 per annum
Student cover from £16.76 per annum
To apply for cover you are required a current AA member and can login to the members area of our website or the BAF website and complete the Balens Insurance Form.
Please note if you are not a current AA member and purchase the BAF Affinity discounted insurance you will not be insured.
Refer A Friend
AA welcomes new members with open arms. If you are pleased with how the AA supports you, then please refer a friend and receive £20.
If you refer someone and they join us, then as a token of our appreciation we will take £20 off your friends membership (for a maximum of one year) and send you £20 as a thank you. This can be repeated as many times as you like.
Complete the form in the members area and we will then email your friend a discount code for them to use, as soon as they have joined, we will transfer £20 to you.
Healthcare Insurance
BAF have organised acceptance of British Acupuncture Federation Registrants to be covered by the company policies below. However please ask your client to check their policy will cover the treatments first from a practitioner of the British Acupuncture Federation as many policies do not include acupuncture.
FAQS
Balens are a well-established, fourth generation family business who specialise in Fitness, Health & Wellbeing, Beauty Therapy and other Health Professionals and organisations.Balens are experts in the development of insurance wordings for Health & Wellbeing Professionals. These wordings are, in our opinion, one of the widest available on market and include important features that other available, cheaper insurance packages may not include. Balens have always regarded claims support, quality cover and personal service as our main strengths.
BAF have devised a policy specifically for individuals who are registrants or student registrants of BAF member organisations.The policy will cover Professional, Public & Products Liability and includes a Legal Expenses policy. Balens policies can cover a number of different activities subject to you holding a qualification. Please note if your qualification was obtained solely online or via distance learning please contact Balens for further guidance.
Our BAF Scheme covers all of the UK but also provides temporary cover to members visiting Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Gibraltar, Republic of Ireland, The Netherlands and France. Others will follow shortly. Balens can now also offer policies in South Africa through Balens International SA (PTY) Ltd.
Please contact Balens for more information or if you require a permanent non-UK policy as they can offer insurance for some countries outside of our BAF scheme.
The key features of cover and the policy conditions, extensions and exclusions can be found on our Key Points Document. Please click on the link below for further information
About the scheme : www.balens.co.uk/BalensKeyPointsDocumentCombinedLiability.pdf
The full policy wording: http://www.balens.co.uk/media/71964/combinedliabilitypw.pdf.