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

The consultation reports that stakeholders are concerned that aspects of the CET scheme may not be suitable in the future

Gordon Carson steps down from chair of CET approvers after 14 years in the role

The General Optical Council has surveyed patients on what they value in optical practices as part of a consultation on new business standards

The optical regulator has published new criteria that set a benchmark for whether a fitness to practise complaint is investigated

Dionne Spence joins the optical regulator following roles at the Financial Ombudsman Service and Prison and Probation Ombudsman

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

When it is the right time to procrastinate and when it is not

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