HC Deb 21 January 1997 vol 288 cc587-8W
Sir Ivan Lawrence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action has so far been taken to implement the provisions of the Osteopaths Act 1993; and if he will make a statement. [10964]

Mr. Horam

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health announced the designate membership of the General Osteopathic Council on 31 January 1996,Official Report, column 812. On Tuesday 14 January 1997, following completion of preliminary work by the designate General Osteopathic Council, the first commencement order to be made under the Osteopaths Act 1993 appointed for the commencement of provisions formally bringing the General Osteopathic Council into being. On the same day, the Privy Council formally appointed the osteopathic and lay members, and three of the four education members of the council, and my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Employment formally appointed the fourth education member.

The chairman and members are now embarking on the programme of work necessary to enable the statutory register of osteopaths to open in early 1998.

Those appointed are as follows: Chairman (lay member): Mr. Simon Fielding OBE Osteopathic members (all practising osteopaths):

  • Dr. John G. Armitstead MA MRCP (UK) DO
  • Mr. John B. Barkworth DO
  • Miss Susan Farwell DO
  • Mr. Gerry Gajadharsingh DO
  • Mr. Maurice Hills DO
  • Mrs. Jane Langer DO
  • Mr. John Lant DO
  • Mrs. Susan Pawsey MSc DO
  • Mr. John Roberts MSc DO
  • Mr. Phillip Tanswell DO
  • Mr. Nicholas Woodhead DO
Education members:
  • Mr. Jonathan Hobbs DO
  • Mr. Gregory Sharp DO
  • Miss Sarah Wallace DO
  • Dr. Brian Jolly BSc MA(Ed) PhD
 Lay members:
  • Mr. T. Nigel Clarke BA (Hons): Director, GLW Government Relations, and Chairman Notiondouble Ltd.
  • Mr. Alan Kershaw BA (Hons) MA: assistant registrar, General Medical Council
  • Mrs. Rita Lewis MSc(Econs): health policy consultant/lecturer, member of UKCC
  • Mr. David Phillips OBE BDS: dental director and secretary, the Medical Protection Society Ltd.
  • Mrs. Deborah Todman LLB(Hons) MRAD: barrister
  • Mr. Alan Lettin BSc MS FRCS: vice-president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and a consultant orthopaedic surgeon.