Clinical and regulatory

The GOC has sanctioned a Manchester-based practitioner who removed black trousers and a cardigan from a store without paying for them

A Suffolk-based practitioner has received an erasure order from the General Optical Council following a collision that caused the death of his friend

A student who submitted fraudulent documents to gain a place on a BSc optometry course has been sanctioned by the General Optical Council

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

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

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 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

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

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