Managing risk in practice
Our practical advice on managing day to day risk in optical practice in order to meet the GOC’s standards for both businesses and individual practitioners
Clinical governance
Bringing you the latest clinical advice to help you deliver the best care for your patients
Safe practice and safeguarding
Safe practice: record keeping
Guidance to protect patients and practitioners
Safe practice: contact lenses
Guidance covering the rules and regulations on the fitting and supply of contact lenses
Safe practice: domiciliary eye care
Guidance on how practitioners and providers can deliver high-quality care to patients at home
Safeguarding
A guide on practitioner responsibility to safeguard children and adults at risk
Eye condition guidance
Testing colour vision
Top tips and resources for testing patients with colour deficiencies
Conditions
A closer look at managing patients with eye conditions
Age-related macular degeneration
Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of age-related macular degeneration
Hydroxychloroquine retinopathy
Guidance on hydroxychloroquine retinopathy
Low vision
Advice on providing primary care services for patients with low vision and sight-impairment
Referral and consent
Referring a patient
Make sure you’re referring patients safely
Obtaining valid consent
Useful member guidance on obtaining valid consent before examining a patient
Referral refusal
How to manage patients who don’t want to be referred
Internal referral template
Safely refer patients to another practitioner within the practice
Safety netting template
Ensure patients understand the importance of their referral
General clinical governance
Guidance on inducements
Guidance on inducements covers best practice in common scenarios
Safe practice: FAQs on using the hospital eye service advice and guidance scheme
Our guide to seeking advice, providing information and keeping records
Guide to GOC's Standards of Practice
Our member guide to GOC’s Standards of Practice
NHS
Find guidance and resources on working with the NHS
Prescription requirements
Your requirements in relation to prescriptions for spectacles and contact lenses
Remote consultations
Guidance on providing remote care for patients when a face-to-face appointment is not possible
Supervising pre-regs and trainees
Follow our guide to supervising pre-regs, trainees and unregistered staff
Testing visual display unit users
Testing patients who use visual display units, such as laptops, touch screens and other devices
Waste disposal
Guidance on the safe disposal of different kinds of optometric waste
Ethical optics
Our legal and regulatory team often deals with allegations against our members that include breaches of ethical standards. On these pages we have gathered together our advice and guidance on these standards