General Osteopathic Council launches Welsh Language Scheme

The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) has today published its Welsh Language Scheme, which explains how the GOsC will provide services to patients and members of the public who are Welsh speakers.

A draft scheme was consulted on between March and June this year and the final scheme was approved for publication by the Welsh Language Board in July.

GOsC Chief Executive and Registrar Tim Walker said:

“We are committed to delivering an equally high quality service in Welsh and English. This scheme will help us to ensure that patients and members of the public who want to communicate with us in Welsh can do so.”

The scheme is available on the GOsC’s website at: www.osteopathy.org.uk/news-and-resources/document-library/continuing-fitness-to-practise/gosc-welsh-language-scheme

A hard copy is available on request from the Osteopathic Information Service on 020 7357 6655 x242 or email info@osteopathy.org.uk

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For further information, contact:
The GOsC Press Office
Tel: 020 7357 6655 x245
Email: pressoffice@osteopathy.org.uk

NOTES TO EDITORS:

The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) has a statutory duty to regulate the practice of osteopathy in the UK. Osteopaths must be registered with the GOsC in order to practise in the UK. 

As a public body the GOsC is required by the Welsh Assembly Government, under the Welsh Language Act 1993, to prepare a Welsh Language Scheme.

We work with the public and the profession to promote patient safety by:

• registering qualified professionals
• setting, maintaining and developing standards of osteopathic practice and conduct
• assuring the quality of osteopathic education
• ensuring continuing professional development
• helping patients with concerns or complaints about an osteopath. 

Further information about the work of the GOsC, including access to the UK Statutory Register of Osteopaths, is available at: www.osteopathy.org.uk.

Datganiad i’r Wasg

1 Awst 2011

Y Cyngor Osteopathig Cyffredinol yn lansio Cynllun Iaith Gymraeg.

Heddiw, mae’r Cyngor Osteopathig Cyffredinol wedi cyhoeddi ei Gynllun Iaith Gymraeg, sy’n egluro sut bydd y Cyngor yn darparu gwasanaethau i gleifion ac aelodau’r cyhoedd sy’n siarad Cymraeg.

Ymgynghorwyd ar gynllun drafft rhwng mis Mawrth a Mehefin eleni a chymeradwywyd y cynllun terfynol ar gyfer ei gyhoeddi gan Fwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg ym mis Gorffennaf.

Meddai Tim Walker, Prif Weithredwr a Chofrestrydd y Cyngor Osteopathig Cyffredinol:

“Rydym yn ymrwymedig i ddarparu gwasanaeth o’r un ansawdd uchel yn y Gymraeg a’r Saesneg. Bydd y cynllun hwn yn ein cynorthwyo i sicrhau y gall cleifion ac aelodau’r cyhoedd sydd am gyfathrebu â ni yn Gymraeg yn gallu gwneud hynny.”

Mae’r cynllun ar gael ar wefan y Cyngor yn: www.osteopathy.org.uk/news-and-resources/document-library/continuing-fitness-to-practise/gosc-welsh-language-scheme

Mae copi caled ar gael ar gais gan y Gwasanaeth Gwybodaeth Osteopathig ar 020 7357 6655 est 242 neu e-bost info@osteopathy.org.uk.

DIWEDD

Am fwy o wybodaeth, cysylltwch â:
Swyddfa’r Wasg, y Cyngor Osteopathig Cyffredinol
Ffôn: 020 7357 6655 x245
E-bost: pressoffice@osteopathy.org.uk 

NODIADAU I OLYGYDDION:

Mae gan y Cyngor Osteopathig Cyffredinol (Y Cyngor) ddyletswydd statudol i reoleiddio ymarfer osteopathi yn y DU. Mae’n rhaid i Osteopathiaid fod wedi’u cofrestru â’r Cyngor er mwyn ymarfer yn y DU.

O dan Ddeddf yr Iaith Gymraeg 1993, mae Llywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru wedi ei gwneud hi’n ofynnol i’r Cyngor Osteopathig Cyffredinol baratoi Cynllun Iaith Gymraeg.

Rydym yn gweithio â’r cyhoedd a’r proffesiwn i hyrwyddo diogelwch cleifion drwy:

• gofrestru gweithwyr proffesiynol cymwys
• gosod, cynnal a datblygu safonau ymarfer ac ymddygiad osteopathig
• sicrhau ansawdd addysg osteopathig
• sicrhau datblygiad proffesiynol parhaus
• helpu cleifion gyda phryderon neu gwynion am osteopath. 

Mae rhagor o wybodaeth am waith y Cyngor, gan gynnwys mynediad at Gofrestr Statudol y DU o Osteopathiaid, ar gael yn: www.osteopathy.org.uk