A Yorkshire-based practitioner has been sanctioned by the GOC with a nine-month suspension order

A Helensburgh-based practitioner has been sanctioned for failing to adequately assess patients and maintain proper records

The Care and Quality Commission has fined Bradford Teaching Hospitals £1250 for failing to apologise to a family within a reasonable period of time

The General Optical Council has issued a London-based optometry student with a 12-month suspension order

The GOC’s Natalie Michaux explains why the regulator’s new Standards for Optical Businesses are one of the main ways in which it is responding to the fast pace of change in the profession as it carries out its role in protecting the public

The General Optical Council has confirmed that Glenn Tomison and Rosie Glazebrook will serve as council members for another four years

London-based optometrist, Kiran Jeerh, has received a six-month suspension order

The Government is running a pilot scheme that allows EU citizens working in health and social care in the UK to secure their immigration status

There are five new proposed standards that cover areas including quality of learning, patient safety and access to clinical experience

A three-year CET cycle under current requirements will go ahead from 2019 with a new scheme to take effect from 2022