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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
Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion demonstrated through new draft framework
8 February 2021
The GOsC’s Council considered a new draft Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Framework for 2021-24 at its latest meeting.
GOsC’s Council approves Business Plan for 2021-22
5 February 2021
The Business Plan for 2021-22 details activity to be undertaken over the coming year towards achieving the GOsC’s four Strategic Goals and was approved by GOsC’s Council at its recent meeting
GOsC Council holds first meeting of 2021
4 February 2021
The GOsC’s Council met for the first time this year and considered GOsC’s activities across the coming year and beyond.
COVID-19: GOsC statement on use of PPE while treating patients
2 February 2021
We have recently seen an increase in the number of concerns raised with us about osteopaths not using, or not implementing public health guidance, around personal protective equipment (PPE) as part of the process of infection control. This raises concerns about risks to patients and the wider public due to the spread of this highly infectious disease.
General Osteopathic Council removes Christopher Willis from its Register of osteopaths
18 January 2021
The GOsC’s Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) has found Christopher Willis, of Watford, Hertfordshire, guilty of unacceptable professional conduct and decided that the appropriate sanction would be to remove his name from the Register of osteopaths.
COVID-19: Osteopaths' eligibility for vaccination as front line workers - update
14 January 2021
We have written to Public Health England (PHE) and to all four Chief Allied Health Professions Officers across the UK to notify them of the following statement we have issued today.
COVID-19: joint statement from health and care regulators
13 January 2021
The Chief Executives of the statutory health and care regulators have published a joint statement to update their registrants on COVID-19.