Following confirmation of yesterdays positive vote, please see below for the exact breakdown of the voting:
18 VOTES FOR:
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
DENMARK
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
IRELAND
ITALY- WITH COMMENTS
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MALTA
NETHERLANDS
NORWAY
ROMANIA
SLOVAKIA
SPAIN
SWEDEN
UNITED KINGDOM
14 ABSTENTIONS:
CROATIA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
ESTONIA
GREECE
HUNGARY
ICELAND
LATVIA
POLAND
PORTUGAL
SLOVENIA
SWITZERLAND
MACEDONIA
TURKEY
1 VOTE AGAINST:
BULGARIA
There now only remains final editing and by the following dates the following steps will be completed:
30/04/15: Ratification
30/06/15: Definitive text available
30/09/15: Date of announcement
31/03/16: Completion of all national publications
30/09/16: ALL CONFLICTING NATIONAL STANDARDSMUST HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN
As you can see, the voting was extremely positive for osteopathy with only 1 vote against, so I would like to take this opportunity to thank you once again for all your hard work so far in our journey to establishing osteopathy at the fore-front of primary healthcare.