Category: General Osteopathic Council (GOsC)

FEATURE: Responding to Fitness to Practise Allegat...

Posted by f2p_admin | Nov 1, 2024 | General Chiropractic Council, General Dental Council (GDC), General Medical Council (GMC), General Optical Council (GOC), General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC), Social Work England (SWE) | 0 |

Research urges overhaul of healthcare complaints systems to improve clarity, access, and public trust.

by f2p_admin | Sep 14, 2025 | General Chiropractic Council, General Dental Council (GDC), General Medical Council (GMC), General Optical Council (GOC), General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC), Social Work England (SWE) | 0 |

New report by the PSA highlights significant barriers faced by both the public and healthcare professionals when trying to raise concerns with regulators.

Updated guidance supports inclusive osteopathy education for disabled and neurodivergent students

by f2p_admin | Sep 14, 2025 | General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) | 0 |

New guidance has been released to support disabled and neurodivergent individuals pursuing a career in osteopathy.

FEATURE: The toll of prolonged fitness to practise investigations and the role of expert legal representation

by f2p_admin | Aug 3, 2025 | General Chiropractic Council, General Dental Council (GDC), General Medical Council (GMC), General Optical Council (GOC), General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC), Social Work England (SWE) | 0 |

Kings View Chambers highlights how prolonged fitness to practise cases harm healthcare professionals—and why early legal advice is vital for protection.

FEATURE: Understanding Accepted Outcomes in Fitness to Practise

by f2p_admin | Jul 25, 2025 | General Chiropractic Council, General Dental Council (GDC), General Medical Council (GMC), General Optical Council (GOC), General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC), Social Work England (SWE) | 0 |

Fitness to practise barristers, Kings View Chambers, looks at Accepted Outcomes – a new paper-based route for resolving fitness to practise cases.

HCPC and GOsC Webinar Series: Advanced Practice, Scope and Delegation

by f2p_admin | Jul 12, 2025 | General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) | 0 |

HCPC and partners launch webinars to support AHPs with advanced practice, scope, supervision, delegation, and regulatory standards.

Regulators to be given power to decide fitness to practise cases without hearing

by f2p_admin | Jul 12, 2025 | General Chiropractic Council, General Dental Council (GDC), General Medical Council (GMC), General Optical Council (GOC), General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC), Professional Standards Authority (PSA) | 0 |

Regulators will be given “new powers” to “decide when a case can be resolved without a public hearing”, among other things, the PSA has revealed.

GOsC Seeks Views on Strengthening Protection of the Title ‘Osteopath’

by f2p_admin | Jun 21, 2025 | General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) | 0 |

GOsC has launched a public consultation proposing amendments to the Osteopaths Act 1993 aimed at strengthening legal protections surrounding the title ‘osteopath’.

The PSA publishes its review of the General Osteopathic Council’s performance for 2024/25

by f2p_admin | Jun 21, 2025 | General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), Professional Standards Authority (PSA) | 0 |

For this period, covering 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, the GOsC has met 18 out of the 18 Standards. Our report explains how we made our decision.

GOsC successfully prosecutes Gareth Milner for unlawfully describing himself as an osteopath

by f2p_admin | Jun 1, 2025 | General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) | 0 |

GOsC has successfully prosecuted Gareth Milne for a second time for unlawfully describing himself as an osteopath.

FEATURE: Interim Orders in Professional Regulation

by f2p_admin | May 26, 2025 | General Chiropractic Council, General Dental Council (GDC), General Medical Council (GMC), General Optical Council (GOC), General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC), Social Work England (SWE) | 0 |

Kings View Chambers on Interim orders, their role in fitness to practise investigations and impacts on healthcare professionals’ practice, careers, and personal well-being.

Government confirms commitment to reforming the regulation of healthcare professionals

by f2p_admin | May 17, 2025 | Department of Health and Social Care, General Chiropractic Council, General Dental Council (GDC), General Medical Council (GMC), General Optical Council (GOC), General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC), Social Work England (SWE) | 0 |

The Government have confirmed in a Written Ministerial Statement, its commitment to reforming the regulation of healthcare professionals.

FEATURE: Does remediation matter in fitness to practise?

by f2p_admin | May 17, 2025 | General Chiropractic Council, General Dental Council (GDC), General Medical Council (GMC), General Optical Council (GOC), General Osteopathic Council (GOsC), General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC), Social Work England (SWE) | 0 |

Kings View Chambers, looks at the importance of remediation in fitness to practise, what remediation means and how it can impact on the outcome of an investigation or hearing.

Kings View Chambers

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