More articles by Selina Powell

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  Honey Rose: five lessons from the GOC case

  How can optometrists adapt their daily practice in light of professional conduct proceedings? The AOP’s Henry Leonard shares his thoughts

  • 6 min read

  • AOP
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  Professional conduct GOC
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  Optometrist Honey Rose receives nine month suspension order

  A practitioner whose gross negligence manslaughter conviction was quashed in 2017 has been suspended by the General Optical Council

  • Clinical and regulatory
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  Professional conduct GOC
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  Honey Rose: facts decided, hearing adjourned to November

  A GOC fitness to practise committee has released its decision on the facts of the case following closing arguments from advocates on each side

  • 33 min read

  • Clinical and regulatory

  Professional conduct GOC
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  Private eye care provider fined £1.2m for price-fixing

  Seven consultant ophthalmologists at Spire Healthcare’s Regency Hospital in Macclesfield agreed to fix fees for initial private consultations

  • Clinical and regulatory
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  Professional conduct Treatment
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  GOC to hear case of optometrist whose manslaughter conviction was quashed

  Optometrist Honey Rose will appear before the General Optical Council in July

  • Clinical and regulatory

  Professional conduct GOC
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  NHS England breaks radio silence

  NHS England has set out the ‘new normal’ for optical practices although questions remain about what it will mean in practice

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  Business Coronavirus NHS Government Professional conduct
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  Amazon removes adjustable spectacle sales

  The multinational technology company removed several listings of adjustable focus spectacles following contact by the General Optical Council

  • Clinical and regulatory

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  GOC clarifies position on lissamine green

  Regulator highlights optometrists may need to use CE-marked lissamine green within their practice in line with a patient’s best interests

  • Clinical and regulatory

  GOC Professional conduct
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  Coronavirus: “In highly challenging circumstances, professionals may need to depart from established procedures”

  A joint regulatory statement signed by the GOC states that professionals may have concerns about how to care for patients in challenging circumstances

  • Clinical and regulatory
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  Health Professional conduct Coronavirus
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  GOC reports 39% reduction in open FTP investigations

  The latest meeting of the General Optical Council heard how progress is being made on reducing the optical regulator’s fitness to practise backlog

  • Clinical and regulatory

  GOC Professional conduct HR