Category: Regulatory Reform: GCC 2008 to present

Having recognised the need for Regulatory Reform since the Shipman Inquiry the UK Government published its white paper in February 2007. The need for “regulatory reform” was embraced by the GCC, in March 2008 thirteen of the 20 council members voted me off council for calling a member of GCC management a liar, for attempting to conceal the misdeeds of former deputy Registrar Mr Greg Price and informing the presidents of the chiropractic associations on what was going on behind the scenes at the GCC.
By the end of the year all the reformers who had been on the council had been purged, replaced by a smaller compliant non elected council of 14. Peter Dixon remained as chairman, Margaret Coats as Chief Executive. They supervised the appointment of their supporters from the previous administration. The new “reforms” meant it was no longer the responsibility of the GCC to promote chiropractic, their job was to police and set standards for which the appointed Physiotherapist Greg Pope as Chair of the GCCs education committee.

Zenos original complaint against BCA chiropractors

The letter of complaint being sent to the GCC has been posted on ZENOs blog with a list of 524 chiropractors, their registration number and their websites. For fifteen years I tried to get chiropractors to work together and now…

Sceptics use the GCC to attack chiropractors.

Since the BCA got the decision in the libel  case against Simon Singh two weeks ago Simon Sings supporters on his facebook profile have doubled  to 4,500. Its one thing sceptics not liking chiropractic now they have a cause to…

Reformed GCC reappoints Peter Dixon as Chairman

Appointments Commission agrees in principle to appoint chiropractor Peter Dixon as Chair of the General Chiropractic Council with effect from 9 February 2009. In 2002 Peter Dixon was elected as a member of the General Chiropractic Council and in 2006 …

BCA and GCC member David Byfield would seem to concur with Simon Singh that the BCA were making bogus claims about the efficacy of chiropractic

Many of the statements made by Simon Sing and Edzard Ernst about chiropractic in their book “Trick or treatment” could have been lifted from David Byfields report and testimony in the GCC V Jesper Jensen case in 2002. I have…