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GOsC signs up to Emerging Concerns Protocol
18 June 2021
The General Osteopathic Council has become a joint signatory with the statutory health and social care regulators to the Emerging Concerns Protocol, a mechanism to help maintain public protection.
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National Council for Osteopathic Research appoints new Director
18 June 2021
Dr Jerry Draper-Rodi has been appointed as Director for the National Council for Osteopathic Research (NCOR), taking over the role from Professor Dawn Carnes.
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GOsC responds to consultation on reforms for professional regulation
16 June 2021
The General Osteopathic Council has today responded to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) consultation on proposals for reforming professional regulation.
Share your views on guidance for osteopathic education
15 June 2021
We are consulting on updated Guidance for Osteopathic Pre-registration and the Standards for Osteopathic Education and Training.
General Osteopathic Council successfully prosecutes Gerard Garrote for unlawfully describing himself as an osteopath
18 May 2021
The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), the UK regulator of osteopaths, has brought a successful prosecution against Gerard Garrote, who practised in Lambeth, London, for unlawfully describing himself as an osteopath despite never having been on the GOsC’s Register of osteopaths.
Advertising osteopathy: GOsC issues joint message with ASA and CAP
22 April 2021
The General Osteopathic Council has issued a joint message with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) to all osteopaths, to reaffirm the standards expected when advertising osteopathy to ensure the protection of patients and the public.
Learning from COVID-19: PSA publishes report on regulators’ response
15 April 2021
The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) has published ‘Learning from COVID-19’, a study of the actions taken by regulators in the first phase of the pandemic.
New fitness to practise committee members appointed
9 April 2021
The General Osteopathic Council has appointed four new members to its fitness to practise committees, effective from 1 April 2021.
Final issue of The Osteopath out now
3 March 2021
GOsC’s Council approves Business Plan for 2021-22
5 February 2021
COVID-19: GOsC statement on use of PPE while treating patients
2 February 2021
COVID-19: joint statement from health and care regulators
13 January 2021
