Online focus group for new graduates: share your views on the CPD scheme
Did you graduate in the past 12 to 18 months? If you did, we would love to hear from you.
Did you graduate in the past 12 to 18 months? If you did, we would love to hear from you.
The General Osteopathic Council is reminding osteopaths to remain up-to-date with all public health statements and guidance issued in light of the developing situation concerning the recent outbreak of coronavirus.
The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), the UK regulator of osteopaths, has brought a successful prosecution against Habib Chharawala, of Lambeth, London, for unlawfully describing himself as an osteopath after he had previously been removed from the GOsC’s Register of osteopaths.
A new independent survey will open next week asking osteopaths about their views and experiences of regulation and its impact on practice.
The General Osteopathic Council has published a practice note with Standard Case Directions that will be applied to all cases that progress to a final hearing before a Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) following a referral by the Investigating Committee (IC).
The GOsC’s Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) found Mr Dinash Gaur guilty of unacceptable professional conduct on 6 November 2019, and decided that the appropriate sanction would be to suspend him from the Register of osteopaths for a period of 12 months.
The GOsC’s Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) found Mr Tari MacDonald, of East Grinstead, West Sussex, guilty of unacceptable professional conduct and decided that the appropriate sanction would be to suspend him from the Register of osteopaths for a period of 18 months.
Dr Bill Gunnyeon CBE, current Chair of the GOsC’s Policy Advisory Committee, has been appointed as the General Osteopathic Council’s next Chair of Council. He will take over from current Chair, Alison J White, on 1 April 2020.
The General Osteopathic Council is currently seeking providers to carry out quality assurance of osteopathic educational providers and osteopathic qualifications.
Osteopaths have a greater understanding of the new CPD scheme and the majority feel they understand how to plan across the three-year cycle, according to the results of GOsC’s third annual CPD Survey.