GOsC signs up to Emerging Concerns Protocol
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.
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.
Dr Jerry Draper-Rodi has been appointed as Director for the National Council for Osteopathic Research (NCOR), taking over the role from Professor Dawn Carnes.
The General Osteopathic Council has today responded to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) consultation on proposals for reforming professional regulation.
We are consulting on updated Guidance for Osteopathic Pre-registration and the Standards for Osteopathic Education and Training.
The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), the UK regulator of osteopaths, has brought a successful prosecution against Gerard Garrote, who practised in Lambeth, London, for unlawfully describing himself as an osteopath despite never having been on the GOsC’s Register of osteopaths.
The General Osteopathic Council has launched a Patient Involvement Forum to help us listen and learn from osteopathic patients.
The General Osteopathic Council has issued a joint message with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) to all osteopaths, to reaffirm the standards expected when advertising osteopathy to ensure the protection of patients and the public.
The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) has published ‘Learning from COVID-19’, a study of the actions taken by regulators in the first phase of the pandemic.
The General Osteopathic Council has appointed four new members to its fitness to practise committees, effective from 1 April 2021.
The General Osteopathic Council welcomes the opportunity to further engage with the consultation process on proposals for reforming professional regulation.