The General Osteopathic Council liaises with numerous stakeholders associated with the regulation of osteopathic care, including Government departments, health & social care regulators, osteopathic organisations, osteopathic training institutions and patient representatives.
Click on the links below to reach their respective websites.
| Site name | Site description |
|---|---|
| Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales | Regulates, inspects and reviews social care, early years and social services in Wales. |
| Care Council for Wales | Regulates social care workers, qualified social workers, and social work students on approved degree courses in Wales. |
| Care Quality Commission | Regulates health and adult social care services provided by the NHS, local authorities, voluntary organisations and private companies in England. |
| Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council | Key purpose is to protect the public by regulating complementary and natural healthcare practitioners on a voluntary register. |
| Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence | Independent body set up to protect the public, promote best practice and encourage excellence among the regulators of healthcare professionals. Its primary purpose is to promote the health, safety and well-being of patients and other members of the public. The CHRE oversees the healthcare regulators, working with them in identifying and promoting good practice in regulation, carrying out research, developing policy and giving advice. |
| General Chiropractic Council | Regulates chiropractors. |
| General Dental Council | Regulates dentists and dental therapists, dental hygienists, dental nurses, dental technicians, clinical dental technicians and orthodontic therapists. |
| General Medical Council | Regulates doctors. |
| General Optical Council | Regulates opticians,optometrists, student opticians and optical businesses. |
| General Social Care Council | Regulates social care workers, qualified social workers, and social work students on approved degree courses in England. |
| Health Professions Council | Regulates arts therapists, biomedical scientists, chiropodists, podiatrists, clinical scientists, dieticians, occupational therapists, operating department practitioners, orthoptists, paramedics, physiotherapists, practitioner psychologists, prosthetists and orthotists, radiographers, speech and language therapists. |
| Healthcare Inspectorate Wales | Responsible for undertake reviews and investigations into the provision of NHS funded care either by or for Welsh NHS organisations and independent healthcare services. |
| NHS Quality Improvement Scotland | Provides advice, guidance and sets standards; supports implementation and improvement; assesses, measures and reports on the performance of NHS Boards in Scotland. |
| Northern Ireland Social Care Council | Regulates social care workers, qualified social workers, and social work students on approved degree courses in Northern Ireland. |
| Nursing and Midwifery Council | Regulates, nurses, midwives and specialist community public health nurses. |
| Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland | Regulates pharmacists and pharmacy premises in Northern Ireland. |
| Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain | Regulates pharmacists, pharmacy technicians (on the voluntary register) and pharmacy premises. |
| Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care (Care Commission) | Regulates all adult, child and independent healthcare services in Scotland. |
| Scottish Social Services Council | Regulates social care workers, qualified social workers, and social work students on approved degree courses in Scotland. |
| The Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority | Responsible for monitoring and inspecting the availability and quality of health and social care services in Northern Ireland. |
