Council

Jo worked at the heart of the UK Government for over twenty years. As a member of the senior civil service, Jo worked across policy, strategy, corporate services, senior appointments and legislation.

Early in her career, Jo was Head of Communications for the BSE Inquiry. Later, she established and ran the Centre for Public Appointments which oversees board appointments across Government. She subsequently led the creation of draft legislation to combine two Ombudsman organisations. Jo also spent time as a senior manager at Deloitte Consulting. 

Jo currently works as a Non-Executive Director and consultant. She has held Board roles at the professional membership body the Institute of Osteopathy, the Government Internal Audit Agency, the Road Safety Trust and a Long COVID charity.  

As a consultant, Jo advises organisations on Board effectiveness, and works with organisations who want to understand and engage with government. Her clients include Whitehall departments and agencies, universities and private sector organisations. 

Daniel Bailey is a GOsC osteopath member of Council and a member of the Policy and Education Committee

Daniel qualified from the British College of Naturopathy and Osteopathy (now the British College of Osteopathic Medicine) in 2002. Since then, he has worked in private practice in Wolverhampton, including five years as part of the medical team for a Premier League football club.

Daniel has also worked in osteopathic education for over 15 years: initially as a Senior Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University; then Module Leader for the College of Osteopaths; and most recently as Unit Leader at the University College of Osteopathy.

Daniel has obtained an MSc in Neuromusculoskeletal Healthcare and a PgCert in Academic and Clinical Education. He has also completed a PhD from Keele University’s school of medicine, which has involved leading various studies in the NHS investigating and measuring adherence to exercise for musculoskeletal (MSK) pain.

His committee experience includes: Chair/Trustee for a charity; non-shareholding Director for a resident management company, and Vice-Chair/Governor for a school providing secondary education for children with mental and physical health problems.

Read Daniel’s blog about his first year on GOsC’s Council

Harry Barton is a GOsC Lay member of Council and is Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the People Committee

Harry has held roles in executive leadership, corporate governance, strategy and sustainability. He has worked with Middlemarch Environmental, who work to protect and restore the natural environment, and Localise West Midlands, a think tank and campaign group promoting an inclusive and circular economy.

Harry has also held senior roles in strategic planning, performance, governance, risk and organisational learning at West Midlands Police, and in strategy, impact, business planning and portfolio management at Energy Systems Catapult. Harry’s strong public service ethos, and his time in the public sector, convinced him of the critical role purpose-driven and net-positive organisations and individuals play in healthy, well functioning societies.

Harry’s passion lies in helping people and businesses thrive to deliver benefits that extend beyond traditional organisational boundaries. Harry holds an MSc in Public Management from INLOGOV, where his thesis considered the effectiveness of UK’s ‘better’, ‘responsive’ and ‘risk-based’ regulation agendas, based on his experience earlier in his career, where he worked in project and change management roles for regulators Ofgem and the Gambling Commission.

Sandie Ennis is an osteopath member of Council, and a member of the Audit Committee and People Committee.

Caroline Guy is a GOsC osteopath member of Council, and a member of the Audit Committee

Caroline qualified from the British School of Osteopathy (now University College of Osteopathy) in 1987, prior to which she obtained an Honours degree in Biological Sciences from London University.

After qualifying, Caroline practised in London and was a Lecturer and Clinical Tutor at the John Wernham College of Classical Osteopathy and the College of Osteopaths Educational Trust.

Taking a career break from osteopathy in 1992, Caroline served with Defence Medical Welfare, and was promoted to Training Officer in 1997. She served in Northern Ireland, the UK and Germany, where she helped manage the transfer of services into the German hospital system. Caroline returned to osteopathy in 1999, in private practice and also with cancer charities in the UK and Southern Ireland and is now in practice on the Isle of Wight.

In 2014, Caroline was appointed to the Investigating Committee of the GOsC and served on the Committee for six years before her appointment to Council.

Dr Patricia McClure is a GOsC lay member of Council representing Northern Ireland. Dr McClure is Chair of the Policy and Education Committee

Patricia is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Centre for Higher Education Research and Practice. Patricia qualified as an occupational therapist in 1983 and practised for 12 years in mental health services in a number of senior and head occupational therapist posts. She then took up an academic post at Ulster University in 1995, teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Patricia was appointed as Associate Head of School in September 2005.

Patricia has served on several professional boards, committees and steering groups at the Royal College of Occupational Therapists over the past 20 years. She was the Chair of Council of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) from 2015-2019, having previously served as Vice-Chair, Higher Education Member and Chair of N Ireland Board. Patricia also held the position of Convenor of the Council of Occupational Therapy Education Directors from 2012-2016 and is currently Chair of the RCOT Audit, Investment & Risk Committee.

Patricia is an RCOT Accreditor, a Lead Visitor for the Health and Care Professions Council and an academic reviewer for CORU (regulator of health & social care professions in Ireland). She has a keen interest in pedagogical research and has been involved in various studies exploring health professional students’ learning experiences and professional development during practice education. Patricia is currently a member of the SAFE EUROPE research team investigating and identifying the gaps between the skills required by radiotherapists to perform their duties in comparison with education and training across Europe.

Katie is an osteopath member of Council and a member of the People Committee.

Katie studied at RMIT University, Melbourne, completing a Bachelor of Applied Science – Osteopathic Stream and Master of Osteopathy in 2008. After graduating, Katie worked as an associate osteopath in both regional Victoria and inner city Melbourne.

In 2010 Katie relocated to the UK and worked as an osteopath in London whilst undertaking a diploma in Paediatric Osteopathy at the Osteopathic Centre for Children where, upon completion, she stayed on at the clinic to volunteer.

Katie has since completed numerous postgraduate courses in Osteopathy in the cranial field and in Classical Osteopathy.

In 2021 Katie relocated to Glasgow where she established a clinic specialising in obstetrics and paediatrics in the inner city. Katie is also a committee member of the Scottish Osteopathic Society, charged with organising numerous CPD activities throughout the year for local osteopaths.

David is an osteopath Council member and a member of the Policy and Education Committee.

In practice for over 30 years, David is the founding Osteopath and Director for a busy central-London MDT clinic.

Originally graduating in Physiology from Royal Holloway College (University of London), David progressed to working in clinical education as well as roles in the NHS.

David is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has a Master’s degree in Medical Ethics and Law from King’s College London. His special interest in healthcare regulation was instilled while serving on the GOsC Professional Standards Committee and he currently serves as a lay panel member for the Medical Practitioners’ Tribunal Service (MPTS).

Prof Debra Towse is Lay Council Member for Wales, Chair of the People Committee, and a member of the Policy and Education Committee.

Debra is Professor Emerita of Canterbury Christ Church University and former Registered Nurse. Her 20-year clinical career within Neonatal Intensive Care, included work to manage risk and sustain high quality, safe and effective care for infants and families through contributions to national clinical guidelines and interprofessional policy developments, within expert working groups in the RCN, RCPCH, Patient Safety Executive, National Audit Committee, and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

As an Academic, Debra’s work culminated in her appointment as Pro-Vice Chancellor and Dean for the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Wellbeing, until retirement in October 2021. As one of the University Executive, she led partnership working across the health and social care landscape and delivered internal and external strategic projects and major change initiatives, locally and regionally. She successful oversaw the delivery of high-quality student and staff experiences across seventeen healthcare professional programmes of study and led international projects.

Presently, Debra volunteers in Board Governance roles, as a Trustee for the Council of Deans for Health UK (completing July 2025), and is currently Vice Chair of Severn Hospice.

Stephanie recently graduated from the University of St Mark & St John, following prior experience across fitness and performance sport, including supporting young athletes on sporting pathways, as well as students, people experiencing mental health challenges and active older adults. As part of a multidisciplinary team, she worked collaboratively with physiotherapists, strength and conditioning coaches, sports coaches and other healthcare professionals.

She now works in a multidisciplinary clinic supporting a wide range of patients, including people living with chronic conditions.

Stephanie has a particular interest in pain and performance, supporting patients following concussion, and helping people return to activity and perform at their best.

Arwel graduated from the British College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2017 and works as an associate at an established osteopathic practice in Carmarthenshire, West Wales and a multidisciplinary clinic in Neath, South Wales. Arwel’s practice focuses on patient values and has a large emphasis on communication and shared decision-making, empowering patients to take control of their health.

As a fluent Welsh speaker, he advocates for offering osteopathic services to first-language Welsh-speaking patients at his clinics. He is also a regional lead for the South Wales Osteopathic Society, aiming to aid and develop the osteopathic community across South Wales.

He has recently completed the iO Leadership Accelerator Program in collaboration with the Institute of Leadership.

Reena is a passionate and seasoned commercial procurement leader with over 15 years experience in leading procurement functions and transformation across the public and private sectors.

Reena has led numerous change programmes that include centralising services, creating new business models/greenfield functions, system implementation and supplier management, enabling organisations to leverage spend and increase efficiency and innovation.

Reena is currently a Director of Strategic Procurement responsible for developing and delivering procurement activities at A2Dominion. Prior to joining A2Dominion, Reena held senior commercial and procurement roles at the BBC, FCA and Metropolitan Police leading on procurement transformation, strategic outsourcing, insourcing, supplier management and development.

Reena is a member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply Chain and is in the process of becoming a Fellow.

Amanda was born and brought up in Bristol and trained as a Nurse in the Army qualifying in 1981. Amanda trained as a District nurse and then worked in  various nursing and management roles within Health and Social Care including District Nursing in inner City Bristol, a stint in the Lake District with Outward Bound and in various National Roles at both the Department of Health and most recently at the Royal College of Nursing as Professional Lead for End of Life and Long-Term Conditions.

Amanda served as a Non-executive Director from 2017-2021 at Sirona Care and Health and subsequently as Chair of the Board there from April 2021 to August 2024. Sirona is a Community Interest Company working under licence to the NHS and one of the largest Community Health providers in England, delivering Adult and Children’s Community NHS services across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

Amanda is Trustee of several charities including The Hospital of St John, Heytesbury, providing independent living accommodation. Also, the Wessex Multiple Sclerosis Centre which offers hyperbaric oxygen therapy as well as counselling, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and supported activities to people living with MS and their families and carers.

Amanda has lived with a couple of chronic conditions for some years and has regular osteopathy to keep herself mobile as well as having weekly oxygen therapy.