As part of our work with patients, osteopaths, the wider public, educators, other healthcare professionals and policy makers in the UK and internationally, we contribute our views to the consultations of other organisations.
Here are our responses to consultations that we have contributed to since January 2008. For information about responses to earlier consultations, please email us on pressoffice@osteopathy.org.uk.
Response to European Commission Green Paper: Modernising the Professional Qualifications Directive
September 2011
Liberating the NHS: Developing the Healthcare Workforce, joint response from the British Osteopathic Association, Council of Osteopathic Educational Institutions and the General Osteopathic Council
Department of Health, March 2011
European Commission consultation on the Professional Qualifications Directive
European Commission consultation, March 2011
Student Immigration System
UK Border Agency, January 2011
Statutory Regulation of Practitioners of Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine & other Traditional Medicine Systems Practised in the UK
Department of Health consultation, November 2009
Review of operation in UK of Directive 2005/36/EC on recognition of professional qualifications
European Commission consultation, October 2009
Patients’ Rights Bill for users of the NHS in Scotland
Scottish Government consultation, January 2009
European Commission proposals for a Directive on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare
Department of Health consultation, December 2008
Inquiry into the European Commission’s proposed directive on the application of patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare
House of Lords Select Committee inquiry, September 2008
Health Care and Associated Professions Order 2008
Department of Health consultation, February 2008