The GOsC to reduce registration fees

For immediate use

The General Osteopathic Council has today confirmed plans to implement a 10% reduction in the main rate of registration fee for osteopaths.

This reduction, which follows a consultation earlier this year, will mean that the current fee of £750 will reduce to £675.

Chief Executive and Registrar, Tim Walker, said, “I’m very pleased that as a result of our costs savings review, Council has been able to reduce the fees paid to the GOsC by osteopaths.”

The fee reduction will be implemented from 9 May 2012, which allows for the new fee rules to gain Privy Council approval and to enable as many osteopaths to benefit as quickly as possible. Over 2,000 osteopaths have an annual renewal date of 9 May, with the remaining majority renewing in the following months.

Work to identify further cost savings continues and it is hoped that additional fee reductions will be possible in future years.

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For further information, contact:
The GOsC Press Office
Tel: 020 7357 6655 x245
Email: pressoffice@osteopathy.org.uk 

Notes to editors:
1. The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) has a statutory duty to regulate the practice of osteopathy in the UK. Osteopaths must be registered with the GOsC in order to practise in the UK.

2. Visit our website at: www.osteopathy.org.uk for more details.