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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 importance of “future-proofing” updated optical business standards was highlighted at the latest General Optical Council meeting
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More work needs to be done on debunking common fitness to practise myths, according to the GOC's head of case progression
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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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Capita says that all claims that were received on time containing the correct information have now been paid
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The “utter frustration, dissatisfaction and anger” of the optical sector over administrative failures has been emphasised in a letter to the NHS
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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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Eye drops for conjunctivitis, dry eye and hay fever will no longer be routinely prescribed under NHS proposals targeting “minor, short-term” conditions
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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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Tens of thousands of routine operations have been dropped to ease strain on the NHS as winter pressures bite