An update on the review of the ‘Osteopathic Practice Standards’ and proposed new guidance for osteopaths about our fitness to practise process were two of the papers on the agenda at our most recent Council meeting.
The UK regulator of osteopaths, the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), has successfully prosecuted Jonathan Cove for unlawfully calling himself an osteopath.
What should you do if you want to share sensitive patient information with another health professional or you are asked for it by someone else? There is guidance on this in the latest issue of the osteopath.
The GOsC’s Policy Advisory Committee met on Thursday 13 October at Osteopathy House.
Could you contribute to the governance of the GOsC? We are recruiting for a large number of non-executive vacancies for roles to commence from 1 April 2017 for lay and registrant (osteopath) applicants.
The GOsC’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2015-16 provides an overview of our work during this period as well as the financial report for the year.
We are consulting on new guidance about the factors that the GOsC Registrar will take into consideration when an osteopath requests to be removed from the Register of osteopaths (voluntary removal) and would welcome your views.
We are now recruiting for six osteopaths to take on the dual roles of education visitor and registration assessor.
A review by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) – the body responsible for monitoring the performance of UK healthcare professional regulators – has found that the General Osteopathic Council has for the sixth consecutive year met all the PSA’s Standards of Good Regulation.
The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), the UK regulator for osteopaths, has removed Nigel Graham of Bournemouth from its Register. Mr Graham is now unable to practise as an osteopath.