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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.
GOsC launches Patient Involvement Forum
17 May 2021
The General Osteopathic Council has launched a Patient Involvement Forum to help us listen and learn from osteopathic patients.
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.
GOsC welcomes consultation on proposed reforms for professional regulation
25 March 2021
The General Osteopathic Council welcomes the opportunity to further engage with the consultation process on proposals for reforming professional regulation.
General Osteopathic Council removes Salah Said from its Register of osteopaths
24 March 2021
The GOsC’s Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) has found Mr Salah Said, of Hornchurch, Essex, guilty of unacceptable professional conduct and decided that the appropriate sanction would be to remove his name from the Register of osteopaths.
General Osteopathic Council successfully prosecutes Gareth Milner for unlawfully describing himself as an osteopath
22 March 2021
The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), the UK regulator of osteopaths, has brought a successful prosecution against Gareth Milner, who practised in west London, for unlawfully describing himself as an osteopath after he had previously left the GOsC’s Register of osteopaths.
Regulation in a post-COVID-19 world: briefing paper published
11 March 2021
Nockolds solicitors has published a regulatory briefing paper: Keeping Regulation Relevant.
Final issue of The Osteopath out now
3 March 2021
A new approach: embracing more ways of listening and engaging
