Tom Greenfield

Tom Greenfield

Osteopath using osteopathy in the cranial field.

Thoughts on Competence

How many osteopaths have visited the private registrants ‘O’ zone on the General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) website for anything other than to update your Continuing Professional Development record? The site contains helpful information about the current consultation on draft standards. The standards of competence expected of an osteopath are outlined in “Standard 2000 – Standard [...]

Osteopathy Defined

The General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) has proudly launched their new public site, which openly asks the public to enter into the consultation process on defining osteopathy:
At present, there is considerable lack of clarity about what constitutes osteopathic practice … we would like to hear whether you feel it necessary to define osteopathy and, if so, how [...]

Time For Change?

As with most Government edicts, the proposed changes to osteopathy are generally seen as inevitable, and that we must work within the current system to make the best of what is to come.
Over recent years regulation has become the scourge of businesses of every kind, much of it in the name of ‘Health & Safety’ [...]