Clinical and regulatory

Director of strategy at the General Optical Council, Alistair Bridge, tackles the thorny questions of regulating contact lens sales

Professor John Sparrow discusses how patient reported outcome measures can help practitioners manage cataracts

The Advertising Standards Authority has rejected eight complaints contending the ad was offensive and likely to cause harm to children

OT  speaks to Scottish optometrist Kevin Wallace, and chair of Optometry Wales, Andrew Riley, about what it means to practise in different areas of the UK

The GOC’s Natalie Heppenstall explains why the regulator’s new business standards should be designed to improve clinical governance at a time when many organisations are keen to provide enhanced clinical services

The importance of “future-proofing” updated optical business standards was highlighted at the latest General Optical Council meeting

More work needs to be done on debunking common fitness to practise myths, according to the GOC's head of case progression

The GOC's head of policy and research, David Rowland, explains why the transition towards a more automated future in the delivery of eye care offers opportunities for optical practice, as long as it is handled carefully

Capita says that all claims that were received on time containing the correct information have now been paid

The “utter frustration, dissatisfaction and anger” of the optical sector over administrative failures has been emphasised in a letter to the NHS