Archive
Annual Report and Accounts for 2018-19 published
12 September 2019
The General Osteopathic Council has published its latest Annual Report and Accounts, providing an overview of our work and the financial report for 2018-19
Joint report on whistleblowing disclosures published
11 September 2019
Together with the seven other healthcare professional regulators, the General Osteopathic Council has published the latest report on whistleblowing disclosures
Updated Osteopathic Practice Standards now in effect
1 September 2019
The updated Osteopathic Practice Standards (OPS) came into effect today, 1 September 2019, replacing the OPS from 2012.
GOsC comments on Government response to regulation reform consultation
9 July 2019
The Government has today published its response to the Promoting professionalism, reforming regulation consultation.
GOsC continues to meet all 24 Standards of Good Regulation in latest Professional Standards Authority review
4 July 2019
The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) has published its annual performance review of the General Osteopathic Council.
Regulators unite to support reflective practitioners across healthcare
18 June 2019
The leaders of nine healthcare regulators have joined forces to stress the benefits and importance of good reflection among professionals in the healthcare sector.
General Osteopathic Council removes Michael Hammond from its Register of osteopaths
29 May 2019
The General Osteopathic Council’s Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) found Michael Hammond, of Anglesey, Wales, had been convicted of a criminal offence that was materially relevant to his fitness to practise and that the appropriate sanction would be to remove Mr Hammond’s name from the Register of osteopaths.
Share your views on our draft Restoration Guidance
25 April 2019
We are proposing the introduction of guidance for the Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) on the arrangements for, and procedure at, a hearing where an osteopath applies to be restored to the Register after they have been removed from the Register following a fitness to practise hearing.
Share your views on the Registration Assessment process and documentation
11 April 2019
We are inviting views on proposed revisions to the Registration Assessment process and documentation.
How touch is communicated in the context of manual therapy: New literature review published
26 March 2019
The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) and the General Chiropractic Council (GCC) have published: How is touch communicated in the context of manual therapy? A literature review by Dr Michael Concannon and Samuel Lidgley from the University of Huddersfield.
