General Osteopathic Council successfully prosecutes Lilly Iaschelcic for unlawfully using the title ‘osteopath’

Ms Iaschelcic was found guilty of using the protected osteopathic title while not registered with the GOsC at City of London Magistrates’ Court on 26 November 2025. This is against the law.

Under section 32(1) of the Osteopaths Act 1993, the title ‘osteopath’ is protected. It is a criminal offence for anyone to describe themselves as, or imply that they are, an osteopath unless they are registered with the GOsC.

Protecting the use of the osteopathic title is essential for patient safety. The GOsC ensures that all practitioners on its Register are safe and competent, which means holding themselves to high standards of practice and conduct, keeping their skills and knowledge up to date and holding professional indemnity insurance. This also means that members of the public and patients seeking osteopathy treatment can feel assured they are seeing a registered healthcare professional who is fit to practise osteopathy.

Ms Iaschelcic was removed from the Register on 25 January 2022 following non-payment of fees and was therefore not permitted to use the title. The offence related to a website advertising Ms Iaschelcic as an osteopath, despite multiple prior warnings from the GOsC that doing so was a criminal offence.

The court imposed a fine of £623, payable within three months. Ms Iaschelcic was also ordered to pay £85 in costs to the GOsC and a £249 Victim Surcharge.

You can check whether a person is registered and therefore legally able to practise osteopathy in the UK by searching the GOsC Register at: osteopathy.org.uk/register-search