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We are delighted to announce the appointment to Council of Katie Oswell who joined the GOsC Council from 1 February 2026.

The College of Osteopaths will close on 28 February 2026, and the University of Derby, the current awarding body, will now also continue to deliver the osteopathy course for students from 1 March 2026.

The General Osteopathic Council has published a joint statement on principles relating to the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education and training, together with five other health and care regulators.

The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) and the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) work together to highlight and reaffirm the high standards we all promote in relation to advertising osteopathy to the public to ensure it is responsible and it is not misleading.

We are aware of media reports that the husband of Peter Mandelson, Reinaldo Avila da Silva, was in receipt of funds from Jeffrey Epstein to fund an osteopathy course in the UK in 2009.

The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) has removed Torben Hersborg from its Register of osteopaths.

We have launched a call for feedback on the Osteopathic Practice Standards (OPS) to help inform how they should be updated.

Our latest Fitness to Practise Annual Report explains how we handle fitness to practise concerns we receive and the timescales for managing those concerns.

New sector-wide consent principles, produced in partnership with health professional regulators and leading patient voices, have been published.