The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) is pleased to announce the appointment of four lay and five osteopath members to two of its committees charged with handling complaints about osteopaths’ practice, the Investigating and Professional Conduct Committees.
The General Osteopathic Council today launched consultations on four sets of draft guidance aimed at osteopathy students and osteopathic educational institutions and would welcome the views of the public, the osteopathy profession and other interested parties.
The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) is pleased to announce the appointment of members to its reconstituted 10-member Council.
Two of our committees met this week to consider a range of issues including oversight of the development of the new CPD scheme and the forthcoming review of guidance for students and osteopathic educational institutions on fitness to practise, and health and disability.
Half the UK’s osteopaths belong to local osteopathic groups and regional societies, whose importance to the profession is our focus in the February/March issue of the osteopath.
The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), the UK regulator for osteopaths, has removed Martyn Langton from Crawley in Sussex, from its Register.
A new corporate strategy for the GOsC, for 2016-2019, will be considered by the Council at its next meeting. Council will also be asked for decisions on the GOsC Business Plan and Budget for 2016-2017.
All 20 of the participants in the first Osteopathic Leadership Programme – a partnership between the Osteopathic Development Group and the Open University to help osteopaths gain leadership skills and apply them for the benefit of the profession – have completed the programme successfully.
A new website is aiming to highlight international developments in osteopathic practice, for the benefit of the profession in the UK.
The British School of Osteopathy (BSO) will in future be able to develop and validate its own degree programmes, and it will also receive direct funding for its students and courses.