General Osteopathic Council

The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) is the regulator of the practice of osteopathy in the United Kingdom.

The GOsC was established in 1997 following the Osteopaths Act 1993 to 'provide for the regulation of the profession of osteopathy' with the primary aim of protecting the public. It produced the first Statutory Register of Osteopaths in 2000.

The aims of the GOsC are:

To protect patients
To develop the osteopathic profession
To promote an understanding of osteopathic care

The work of the GOsC includes:^[1]

Registers qualified professionals
Sets standards of osteopathic practice and conduct
Assures the quality of osteopathic education
Ensures Continuing Professional Development
Helps patients with complaints about an osteopath

Oversight of health and social care regulators

The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA), is an independent body accountable to the UK Parliament, which promotes the health and wellbeing of the public and oversees the nine UK healthcare regulators, including GOsC.^[2]

References

↑ "About us: Our work". General Osteopathic Council. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
↑ "Statutory Regulators Directory: Organisation Profile: General Osteopathic Council (GOsC)". Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care. Retrieved 16 September 2014.

External links

General Osteopathic Council website

Medical regulation in the United Kingdom

Professional bodies covered by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care

Statutory regulators	General Chiropractic Council General Dental Council General Medical Council General Optical Council General Osteopathic Council Health and Care Professions Council Nursing and Midwifery Council Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland General Pharmaceutical Council

Voluntarily accredited associations	Alliance of Private Sector Practitioners (foot health) Association of Child Psychotherapists British Acupuncture Council British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy British Association of Sport Rehabilitators and Trainers British Psychoanalytic Council Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council COSCA (Counselling & Psychotherapy in Scotland) Federation of Holistic Therapists National Counselling Society National Hypnotherapy Society Play Therapy UK UK Public Health Register United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy

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