GOsC welcomes positive CHRE performance review
29 June 2011
The annual performance review, Changing regulation in changing times, concludes that the GOsC has performed well.
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The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) welcomes today’s endorsement of its work by the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE) – the body that oversees the work of all healthcare regulators.
The annual performance review report 2010/11 – Changing regulation in changing times – concludes that the GOsC has performed well. Areas of work highlighted include the use of GOsC-funded research on patients’ expectations of osteopathic care to identify areas of development and improvement; improved efficiencies in the way complaints against osteopaths are managed; and the successful use of the civil courts in Scotland to obtain an order preventing unlawful use of the title ‘osteopath’.
In common with all the health professions’ regulators, the performance of the GOsC is reviewed annually by the CHRE to check that it is carrying out its legal responsibilities and is promoting the health, safety and well-being of patients and other members of the public. All regulators’ performance is measured against a set of standards that cover different areas of work including practice standards, professional registration, complaints handling, and education and training.
The full performance review report, is available on the CHRE website (the GOsC’s review can be found in section 13 on pages 61-68).
ENDS
For further information, contact:
The GOsC Press Office
Tel: 020 7357 6655 x245
Email: pressoffice@osteopathy.org.uk
NOTES TO EDITORS
The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) has a statutory duty to regulate the practice of osteopathy in the UK. Osteopaths must be registered with the GOsC in order to practice in the UK. We work with the public and the profession to promote patient safety by:
- registering qualified professionals
- setting, maintaining and developing standards of osteopathic practice and conduct
- assuring the quality of osteopathic education
- ensuring continuing professional development
- helping patients with concerns or complaints about an osteopath.
The 2011 Statutory Register of Osteopaths provides a geographical index of all practising osteopaths, and is available to the general public and to healthcare providers online at: www.osteopathy.org.uk.
The Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE) is the body charged by Parliament with overseeing the work of the nine healthcare regulators. It carries out an annual performance review of all the regulators’ work and publishes this review on its website (www.chre.org.uk). The full review is available on the CHRE website at www.chre.org.uk/satellite/402.
The nine healthcare regulators are:
- General Chiropractic Council
- General Dental Council
- General Medical Council
- General Optical Council
- General Osteopathic Council
- General Pharmaceutical Council
- Health Professions Council
- Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland
