On Wednesday 31st March Alan Tinnion, doctor of acupuncture and TCM (Shanghai University of TCM) was presented with the Institute of Complementary and Natural Medicine [ICNM] Best Practitioner of the Year (Southwest England) Award. The presentation was made at the Boscombe and Springbourne NHS Health Centre.

Dr Mufeed Ni'man, the centre's managing director (who made the presentation) to right. Other VIP's in the picture included Mr Adnan Chaudry, Head of Dorset Race Equality Council, and Dr Albert Barcellos.

News of the presentation event was covered on BBC Radio Solent, and was recorded in the Bournemouth Echo newspaper: a copy of the ICNM Press Release can be viewed here.