The General Optical Council has launched a four-month pilot of an enhanced triage process for fitness to practise investigations

AOP councillors, Kevin Wallace, Nadeen Joseph and Brian McKeown discuss how optometrists play a key role in reducing the pressure on secondary care in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

GOC head of standards and CET, Marcus Dye, writes that a ‘safe space’ for practitioners to reflect candidly is vital in order to learn and develop

The GOC has sanctioned Talha Daji after he repeatedly punched a female student and used derogatory homophobic language

GOC interim director of education, Dr Subo Shanmuganathan, explores how the profession needs to be well equipped to carry out the roles that reflect patient demand

A Surrey-based dispensing optician who tried to kiss his colleague and asked her to sit on his lap has been sanctioned by the General Optical Council

The most common complaints made against optical business registrants were shared at a GOC roundtable event

Public perceptions research from the GOC reveals common sources of patient discomfort about visiting an optometrist

The General Optical Council has erased Swindon practitioner Simon Backhouse from its register

Report recommends finding better ways to support doctors subject to an investigation and providing an induction to doctors following a period of absence