Clinical and regulatory
News on the latest clinical and regulatory developments impacting the UK optical sector
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Director of strategy at the General Optical Council, Alistair Bridge, tackles the thorny questions of regulating contact lens sales
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Professor John Sparrow discusses how patient reported outcome measures can help practitioners manage cataracts
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The Advertising Standards Authority has rejected eight complaints contending the ad was offensive and likely to cause harm to children
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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
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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
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The importance of “future-proofing” updated optical business standards was highlighted at the latest General Optical Council meeting
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More work needs to be done on debunking common fitness to practise myths, according to the GOC's head of case progression
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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
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Capita says that all claims that were received on time containing the correct information have now been paid
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The “utter frustration, dissatisfaction and anger” of the optical sector over administrative failures has been emphasised in a letter to the NHS