GOsC publishes fitness to practise report for 2024–25

The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) has released its Fitness to Practise Annual Report for 2024–25, outlining how concerns about osteopaths were handled between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025. The report provides transparency on case outcomes, highlights learning themes, and reinforces expectations around professional conduct and competence.

Key points

• Scope of the report
  The report explains the GOsC’s processes for receiving, assessing and progressing fitness to practise concerns, including timescales and decision‑making stages. It focuses on cases that concluded with a sanction during the reporting period.
• Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) outcomes
  The PCC hears cases involving unacceptable professional conduct, professional incompetence and relevant criminal convictions. Where allegations are found “well founded”, the PCC must impose a sanction. The report summarises all sanctions issued during the year up to 31 March 2025.
• Learning points for osteopaths
  A new feature of this year’s report is the inclusion of learning points drawn from cases where sanctions were imposed. These are intended to help osteopaths understand how particular behaviours relate to the Osteopathic Practice Standards, and what actions can prevent similar concerns arising in future.
• Support for those involved in investigations
  The report highlights the Independent Support Service, run by Victim Support, which provides confidential assistance to osteopaths and witnesses involved in fitness to practise investigations. The service operates 24/7 and is independent of the GOsC.

Overall significance

The annual report reinforces the GOsC’s regulatory priorities: maintaining high standards, ensuring public protection, and supporting osteopaths to meet their professional obligations. By publishing sanctions and learning points, the regulator aims to promote reflective practice and reduce the likelihood of repeat concerns across the profession.

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