COVID-19 Information
Guidelines and resources to support members to practice through the COVID-19 pandemic
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Practice guidelines
MTI Practitioners: Covid-19 Code of Practice 11 May 2022
MTI Practitioners: Covid 19 Code of Practice 7 December 2021
GCMT Statement for regulations in Wales post 17 August 2021
August Updates from the Scottish Massage Therapists Organisation
GCMT Statement for regulations in England post 19 July
GCMT Resource Pack update 1 June 2021 pdf (Word document available to download from link on the right hand side)
GCMT Resource Pack update 6 April 2021 pdf (Word document available to download from link on the right hand side)
Other resources
- QR Codes update
- GCMT guidance on working at sporting events
- UK guidance on working in care homes
- Update guidance for Scotland for businesses - August 2021
- Updated guidance for England on close contact services - July 2021
- Apply for the 4th and 5th self-employed grant
- February 2021 Resource update
- Scottish grants for mobile and home-based massage
- DARG local council grant for those not yet helped during the pandemic
- 23 December update on the tier system and local lockdowns
- Earle video statement on clarification of GCMT guidance
- Apply for the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme
- Ask the Expert on COVID-19 Pathology and treating post-COVID clients
- Return to Work podcast with Earle Abrahamson
- Newsletters sent out with resources, sources of support, member questions answered via video chat and CPD link
- How to use NHS Track and Trace
- Get Your Practice COVID Ready course

Related downloads
GCMT Resource Pack update April 2021 - Word version
Return to work update including updated paperwork and Q&A on vaccines.
GCMT Resource Pack Update June 2021
Updated guidance on PPE and cleaning for each UK nation.
GCMT RESOURCE PACK V3 - Tier addendum Word version
Guidance for working within England's tier system
GCMT Resource Pack V3, November 2020 - Word
Includes updated guidance on PPE, ventilation, NHS Test & Trace, QR codes, NHS Clinically Vulnerable definition, including age threshold. Please delete old versions of the screening forms and replace with the ones in this version.
GCMT Resource Pack Version 3 addendum - New Lockdown guidelines Word document
What you need to know to work during lockdown plus additional risk assessment - to be completed alongside risk assessment in main resource pack