The regulator has confirmed that it did not receive any objections

Barry Church did not appeal the fitness to practise committee’s decision

Mr Bridge will join the Association of British Dispensing Opticians following seven years at the General Optical Council

The notice comes after the regulator initially suspended the recruitment of new students onto the four-year MOptom course in September

A Hertfordshire-based practitioner has been suspended for nine months after she claimed to have carried out a dilated fundus examination and wrongly amended records

A Harrow-based student can no longer undertake training to become an optometrist after she made false representations on a university application

GOC head of standards and CET, Marcus Dye, on the difficulties for registrants to raise concerns for fear of the consequences

Nimesh Patel has been given a 12-month suspension from the GOC register

Dr Subo Shanmuganathan leaves the regulator with immediate effect

The principles detail good practice