Clinical and regulatory

The General Optical Council (GOC) has launched a call for evidence on the need to overhaul the Opticians Act and a consultation on associated GOC policies

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

OT  investigates the crucial role that optometrists can play in keeping UK roads safe

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

An operation targeting drivers with medical conditions has resulted in between 20 and 30 drivers with poor vision losing their licence

Report recommends finding better ways to support doctors subject to an investigation and providing an induction to doctors following a period of absence

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

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

A High Court judgement called the arrangements a “parody of the electoral process”

The MHRA has notified practitioners of missing braille and an incorrect patient information leaflet within unexpired batches of the eye drops