Clinical and regulatory

The GOC has erased a Conwy County dispensing optician who ordered glasses for himself without paying for them

The former chief executive of Shelter, Adam Sampson, will take on the position while Vicky McDermott takes a period of absence

Certain fitness to practise cases where the registrant admits the allegation in full will be dealt with under a new consensual panel disposal policy

The buzz over the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation rivals the Beyhive as Friday’s data protection deadline looms

The General Optical Council has confirmed the process to be followed by optometrists from countries outside the European Economic Area

GOC suggests transition period in 2019, with practitioners required to complete 12 points across the year

New education standards may “overarch” current requirements from September this year

A Greater Manchester practitioner has been erased from the register after he recommended spectacles that were not clinically indicated

The General Optical Council has sanctioned a Plymouth-based practitioner after he took a manual and charity money from his place of work

“The need for the GOC to change is urgent,” chief executive, Vicky McDermott emphasises in reshuffle announcement