Clinical and regulatory

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

An operation targeting drivers with medical conditions has resulted in between 20 and 30 drivers with poor vision losing their licence

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

Abdul Hafiz, 61, could only read a number plate from a distance of 4.1 metres following the accident in Barking

BAME doctors are more than twice as likely to be referred to the medical regulator by their employers as their white peers, GMC report reveals

A Durham practitioner has been sanctioned by the optical regulator for failing to adequately assess patients and errors in record keeping

The AOP has welcomed the change from NHS England

The AOP and GOC have welcomed an Advertising Standards Authority decision to stop the promotion of iSpyEyes to a UK audience on Instagram

Orpington-based practitioner Olukolajo Kayode has been sanctioned by the General Optical Council

A High Court judgement called the arrangements a “parody of the electoral process”