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The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) is the regulator of the practice of
osteopathy Osteopathy is a pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine that emphasizes physical manipulation of the body's muscle tissue and bones. In most countries, practitioners of osteopathy are not medically trained and are referred to as osteo ...
in the United Kingdom. The GOsC was established in 1997 following the
Osteopaths Act 1993 The Osteopaths Act 1993 (c. 21) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to regulate the practice of osteopathy. It received royal assent on 1 July 1993. The Act created the General Osteopathic Council The General Osteopathic Council ...
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: *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 The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA), formerly the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE) and the Council for the Regulation of Health Care Professionals, oversees the ten statutory bodies that regula ...
(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.


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General Osteopathic Council website
{{Medical regulation in the United Kingdom Health in the London Borough of Southwark Medical and health regulators Medical regulation in the United Kingdom Organisations based in the London Borough of Southwark Organizations established in 1997 Osteopathy in the United Kingdom Regulators of the United Kingdom 1997 establishments in the United Kingdom