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GOC standards manager, Natalie Heppenstall, sets out two key questions to consider in order to provide a good service for vulnerable patients using GOC Standards and Guidance
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The GOC’s Natalie Heppenstall explains why the regulator’s new business standards should be designed to improve clinical governance at a time when many organisations are keen to provide enhanced clinical services
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The GOC's head of policy and research, David Rowland, explains why the transition towards a more automated future in the delivery of eye care offers opportunities for optical practice, as long as it is handled carefully
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The GOC has launched a draft concepts and principles consultation as part of its Education Strategic Review. The regulator’s Claire Herbert explains the importance of getting stakeholders involved and engaged
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The GOC is consulting with the profession on a new acceptance criteria to filter cases in order to speed up complaints-handling in the fitness to practise process. The regulator’s Lisa Davis sets the scene
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The GOC’s Alistair Bridge on the return of the Love Your Lenses campaign, which is helping practitioners to have a continuing conversation with patients about good contact lens care
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High levels of public confidence in the optical professions reflects that the vast majority of practitioners continue to deliver excellent care to their patients, writes the GOC’s Safia Iman
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Variations in understanding how to obtain valid consent has meant that setting down guidance has been a challenge, writes the GOC’s Marcus Dye
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We don’t need a crystal ball to see that optics sits at the forefront of a revolution, concludes Samantha Peters. Eye care is no longer just about eye care
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The GOC’s Gareth Hadley outlines why the Education Strategic Review is one of the most important pieces of work that the organisation has ever undertaken