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.
We will be listing the office for sale as part of our drive to improve efficiency and continue to provide value for money to osteopaths.
We have published our latest Annual Report and Accounts, providing an overview of our work and the financial report for 2024-25.
The report explains the GOsC’s work to continue our compliance with the Welsh Language Standards that came into effect in December 2023.
The Health and Care Professions Council and the General Osteopathic Council are hosting a series of webinars to support allied health professionals to understand how their professional regulatory standards apply when working at advanced levels of practice while employed with the NHS.