Archive
GOsC to support enhanced standards with updated boundaries thematic review across education
11 November 2021
We have commissioned a review of our 2017 Thematic Analysis of Boundaries Education and Training within the UK’s osteopathic education providers.
GOsC shares views on regulating standards in osteopathic education
12 October 2021
GOsC has provided a response to a consultation from the Office for Students (OfS) on its approach to regulating standards.
Protecting patients: Raising a concern about an osteopath
8 October 2021
The GOsC is reminding patients, the public and osteopaths about how to raise a concern when needed
Annual Report and Accounts for 2020-21 published
6 October 2021
We have published our latest Annual Report and Accounts, providing an overview of our work and the financial report for 2020-21
Whistleblowing disclosures joint report published
27 September 2021
The latest joint report on whistleblowing disclosures has been published by the General Osteopathic Council, together with seven other healthcare professional regulators
New Council Associates Programme gets go ahead
22 July 2021
The GOsC’s Council has approved a new Council Associates Programme – an initiative to identify and develop future governance leaders within the profession.
General Osteopathic Council successfully prosecutes Amanda Purcell for unlawfully describing herself as an osteopath
20 July 2021
The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), the UK regulator of osteopaths, has brought a successful prosecution against Amanda Purcell, who practised in Bury, Manchester, for unlawfully describing herself as an osteopath after she had previously been removed from the GOsC’s Register.
Early stage thoughts welcomed on guidance for adjunctive therapy
13 July 2021
We are developing guidance to support osteopaths engaged in other forms of care or treatment, or carrying out other work.
GOsC to co-fund research into equality, diversity and inclusion in osteopathic training
12 July 2021
The GOsC has agreed to co-fund research in a world-first study looking at experiences of underrepresented groups of osteopathic students during their training.
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.
