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Consultation Date closed
Consultation on Guidance on Imposing Interim Suspension Orders and Practice Note on Undertakings: consultation document 3 October 2023
Consultation on Draft Practice Note for Questioning Witnesses: consultation document 31 October 2022
Adjunctive therapies, non-osteopathic treatments or other work undertaken by osteopaths: Draft guidance on the application of the Osteopathic Practice Standards: consultation document 11 April 2022
Consultation on Draft Remote Hearings Guidance and Protocol: consultation document 5 April 2022
Consultation on Draft Screeners Guidance: consultation document 2 March 2021
Reduced registration fee consultation: consultation document 23 October 2020
Consultation on draft Guidance on insurance requirements for osteopaths: consultation document 9 April 2020
Draft Restoration Guidance: consultation document 20 June 2019
Registration Assessment Process: consultation document 7 June 2019
Rule 19 cancellation of hearing: consultation document 16 May 2019
Standard Case Directions: draft practice note, consultation document and Word response form 15 October 2018
Changes to the quality assurance of osteopathic education: Consultation document, Word response form 17 May 2018
Investigating Committee Decision-making Guidance: Consultation document, Word response form 14 May 2018
Continuing Professional Development and Peer Discussion Review Guidance: Draft CPD Guidelines, Draft PDR guidelines, Consultation document and response form 14 May 2018
Charges payable by internationally qualified applicants: Consultation document, Word response form. 30 January 2018
Hearings and Sanctions Guidance: Draft Hearings and Sanctions Guidance consultation document, Draft Hearings and Sanctions Guidance consultation response form. 15 December 2017
Amended CPD Rules consultation: Changes to The General Osteopathic Council (Continuing Professional Development) Rules Order of Council 2006 (CPD rules), Consultation document, Consultation response form, Consultation analysis report. 17 November 2017
Osteopathic Practice Standards consultation website
Osteopathic Practice Standards: Consultation analysis and report
Report of the consultation outcomes in relation to updated Osteopathic Practice Standards
31 October 2017
Consensual Disposal under Rule 8 of the General Osteopathic Council (Professional Conduct Committee) (Procedure) Rules 2000 4 September 2017
Discussion Paper on Hearings and Sanctions Guidance 1 May 2017
Osteopaths under investigation: draft guidance: Fitness to Practise Complaints Procedure: Draft Guidance for Osteopaths, Draft Hearings Guidance for Osteopaths, Consultation response form (Word). 10 March 2017
Draft voluntary removal policy: Draft Guidance on Voluntary Removal Applications; Consultation response form. 30 November 2016
Student fitness to practise draft guidance: Draft Guidance about Professional Behaviours and Fitness to Practise for Osteopathic Students; Consultation response form; Student Fitness to Practise: Draft Guidance for Osteopathic Educational Institutions; Consultation response form. 30 June 2016
Students with a Disability or Health Impairment Draft Guidance: Draft Guidance for Applicants and Students with a Disability or Health Impairment; Consultation response form; Students with a Disability or Health Impairment: Draft Guidance for Osteopathic Educational Institutions; Consultation response form. 30 June 2016
Draft Guidance for the Professional Conduct Committee on drafting Determinations Consultation document and Consultation response form. 30 October 2015
Draft Guidance for the Fitness to Practise Committees on imposing Interim Suspension Orders Consultation document and Consultation response form. 30 October 2015
Draft Guidance for the Health Committee: Formulating Conditions of Practice Orders: the draft guidance and consultation response form. 6 October 2015
CPD Consultation: Introducing our new CPD proposals; Full consultation document; Summary consultation document; Draft CPD guidelines; Draft peer discussion review guidelines; Resources and case studies: OPS; Resources and case studies: Communication and consent; Resources and case studies: Objective activity. Consultation responses analysis report. 31 May 2015
Draft Guidance on Threshold Criteria for Establishing Unacceptable Professional Conduct: consultation document and response form. 31 December 2014
Professional Indemnity Insurance Rules: the General Osteopathic Council (Indemnity Arrangements) Rules Order of Council 2015, The impact of the proposed new rules and response form. 31 December 2014
Enforcement of title: consultation document and response form. 1 September 2014
Draft whistleblowing policy: consultation document and response form. 1 September 2014
Guidance on Osteopathic Pre-registration Education: consultation document and response form. 16 May 2014
Registration Appeals Guidelines and Procedures: consultation document and response form. 31 January 2014
Professional Indemnity Insurance consultation: consultation document and response form. 24 January 2014
Fee reduction consultation 2014-2015: consultation document. 13 December 2013
Guidance on periods of adaptation: consultation on new guidance for applicants and osteopathic educational institutions: consultation document and response form. 30 November 2013
Obtaining consent supplementary guidance consultation: Obtaining consent supplementary guidance consultation document and response form. 11 October 2013
Fitness to practise publication policy consultation: Fitness to practise publication policy consultation document and response form. 11 October 2013
Consensual disposal under Rule 8 consultation: Consensual disposal under Rule 8 consultation document and response form. 11 October 2013
Conditions of practice guidance consultation: Conditions of practice guidance document and response form. 31 May 2013
Indicative sanctions guidance consultation: Indicative sanctions guidance document and response form. 31 May 2013
Data retention consultation: Data retention policy consultation document, response form and consultation report. 28 March 2013
Consensual disposal of certain fitness to practise cases: Consensual disposal consultation explanatory note and response form. 31 January 2013
Obtaining consent guidance: Obtaining consent consultation document and response form. 16 January 2013
Fee reduction 2013-2014 consultation results and written comments and answers 25 November 2012
Draft Corporate Plan 2013-2016 23 November 2012
Continuing professional development discussion document and the analysis of the consultation responses. 30 September 2012
Fee reduction consultation results and written comments and answers 26 February 2012
Change to the Notice to Osteopaths and Legal Representatives 30 September 2011
Student fitness to practise guidance:
Consultation document
Guidance About Professional Behaviours and Fitness to Practise for Osteopathic Students
Guidance for Osteopathic Educational Institutions
1 September 2011
GOsC Welsh Language Scheme 23 June 2011
Consultation on changes to the quality assurance of osteopathic undergraduate education; conducted by the Quality Assurance Agency 18 May 2011
Revised Osteopathic Practice Standards, analysis of consultation responses, equality impact assessment and the GOsC response to the consultation analysis. 30 November 2010
Code of Practice 31 July 2009
Osteopathic Practice Framework 12 July 2009
Osteopathic Practice Standards 12 July 2009
Revalidation for Osteopaths and an analysis of the responses 12 July 2009
Draft Equality Scheme and Action Plan 14 November 2008