Clinical and regulatory
News on the latest clinical and regulatory developments impacting the UK optical sector
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Practices will be able to deliver care through the next phase of Government restrictions, prioritised on the basis of clinical need and ensuring PPE and infection control processes are in place
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OT investigates the crucial role that optometrists can play in keeping UK roads safe
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The Road Safety Statement 2019 highlights that the UK has the third lowest number of road deaths per capita in Europe, behind Sweden and Norway
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An operation targeting drivers with medical conditions has resulted in between 20 and 30 drivers with poor vision losing their licence
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Report recommends finding better ways to support doctors subject to an investigation and providing an induction to doctors following a period of absence
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BAME doctors are more than twice as likely to be referred to the medical regulator by their employers as their white peers, GMC report reveals
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The AOP and GOC have welcomed an Advertising Standards Authority decision to stop the promotion of iSpyEyes to a UK audience on Instagram
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A High Court judgement called the arrangements a “parody of the electoral process”
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The MHRA has notified practitioners of missing braille and an incorrect patient information leaflet within unexpired batches of the eye drops
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The optical regulator has released answers to frequently asked questions about the impact of Britain leaving the European Union