What qualifications should parents look for when finding an osteopath to treat their baby or child?
First of all, any osteopath should be trained and registered with the General Osteopathic Council (this is now a requirement by law) and have details of their qualification after their name. This will include B.Osteopathic Medicine, BSc Hons Osteopathic Medicine, B.Osteopathy, etc. depending on with which college they did their training. Osteopaths with ‘Member of LCOM’ after their name will also be qualified doctors. For osteopaths who are qualified in paediatric osteopathy, this is a two-year post-graduate course leading to a Diploma in Paediatric Osteopathy, resulting in the letters DPO added after the original qualification.
