Clinical and regulatory

Barry Church did not appeal the fitness to practise committee’s decision

A Hertfordshire-based practitioner has been suspended for nine months after she claimed to have carried out a dilated fundus examination and wrongly amended records

A Harrow-based student can no longer undertake training to become an optometrist after she made false representations on a university application

Nimesh Patel has been given a 12-month suspension from the GOC register

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