Clinical and regulatory

The AOP has released new guidance for members in England, covering a range of topics including routine appointments and face masks

A Scarborough-based practitioner has been sanctioned by the optical regulator for taking cash from the till and processing false refunds

A London-based optometrist tested the vision of more than 600 children through a ‘screening programme’ that was not approved by the NHS

A GOC fitness to practise committee has released its decision on the facts of the case following closing arguments from advocates on each side

A traffic light system for eye care, Black Lives Matter and optics, common complaints, and temporary plans to adapt the Scheme for Registration

Seven consultant ophthalmologists at Spire Healthcare’s Regency Hospital in Macclesfield agreed to fix fees for initial private consultations

Optometrist Honey Rose will appear before the General Optical Council in July

The GOC has sanctioned a practitioner who submitted a false signature and attempted to influence a fitness to practise witness

Student dispensing opticians, Taseer and Shamir Kazi, have been erased from the GOC register after they were jailed for grievous bodily harm

The GOC has erased a practitioner who made an indecent photograph of a child and possessed extreme pornographic images of animals