Clinical and regulatory
News on the latest clinical and regulatory developments impacting the UK optical sector
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Registrants are invited to join the GOC’s webinar to learn more about the new Continuing Professional Development scheme that begins in January
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The AOP says decision to submit the proposal without consulting sector bodies shows “disregard for members’ deep concerns”
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The PSA’s successful appeal overrules the regulator’s earlier determination on impairment of Fitness to Practise and sanction
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The regulator hopes registrant feedback will enable it to be more proactive in its approach
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Primary Eyecare Services is relaunching the service in the Vale of York and the North Yorkshire CCG areas, with practices asked to submit an expression of interest by 31 October
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Professional Standards Authority challenges adequacy of the nine-month suspension order issued by the regulator to Honey Rose
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An at-a-glance summary of recent fitness to practise decisions published by the optical regulator
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The General Optical Council has also released a set of updated statements, which now align with the College of Optometrists’ red-amber-green phase system
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The GOC has agreed to a “more flexible” approach to meeting logbook requirements in independent prescriber training, a decision expected to help optometrists complete their training
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The 2021 public perceptions research found that confidence in the profession remains high, also showing an increase in the numbers of people who would seek assistance from an optometrist in the first instance for eye issues