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

The importance of “future-proofing” updated optical business standards was highlighted at the latest General Optical Council meeting

More work needs to be done on debunking common fitness to practise myths, according to the GOC's head of case progression

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

Capita says that all claims that were received on time containing the correct information have now been paid

The “utter frustration, dissatisfaction and anger” of the optical sector over administrative failures has been emphasised in a letter to the NHS

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

Eye drops for conjunctivitis, dry eye and hay fever will no longer be routinely prescribed under NHS proposals targeting “minor, short-term” conditions

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

Tens of thousands of routine operations have been dropped to ease strain on the NHS as winter pressures bite