Archive
Webinars to support osteopaths working in or interested to work in the NHS
20 August 2025
The Health and Care Professions Council and the General Osteopathic Council are hosting a series of webinars to support allied health professionals to understand how their professional regulatory standards apply when working at advanced levels of practice while employed with the NHS.
New Patient Partner programme launched
14 August 2025
The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new pilot programme and its appointment of two new Patient Partners from September 2025, helping to ensure the patient voice remains central to our work as a regulator.
Our statement on the sentencing of Torben Hersborg
22 July 2025
Torben Hersborg was sentenced to three years and five months in prison on 22 July 2025 at Snaresbrook Crown Court in London and is immediately and permanently on the sex offender register.
GOsC meets all Standards of Good Regulation for the fifteenth year running
19 June 2025
The General Osteopathic Council has once again met all the PSA’s Standards of Good Regulation.
Share your views on strengthening protection of the title ‘osteopath’
17 June 2025
We are seeking views on our plan to request amendments to the Osteopaths Act 1993. Our aim is to provide further protection for patients and the public from misuse of the title ‘osteopath.’
General Osteopathic Council successfully prosecutes Gareth Milner for unlawfully describing himself as an osteopath
23 May 2025
The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), the UK regulator of osteopaths, has successfully prosecuted Gareth Milner, who practised in West London, for a second time for unlawfully describing himself as an osteopath after leaving the GOsC’s Register of osteopaths.
Interim guidance on the use of Artificial Intelligence in osteopathic practice published
12 May 2025
Our guidance addresses the rapidly evolving use of AI technologies in healthcare and will be reviewed regularly.
New Committee members appointed
22 April 2025
The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) announces the appointment of four osteopath and four non-osteopath (lay) members to two of its committees.
National Council of Osteopathic Research annual concerns report published
9 April 2025
We’ve published the latest research report from the National Council of Osteopathic Research (NCOR) which annually reviews the types of concerns raised about osteopaths and osteopathic services.
New Council member for Wales appointed
2 April 2025
Prof Debra Towse has joined the GOsC Council representing Wales from 1 April 2025.
