Clinical and regulatory
News on the latest clinical and regulatory developments impacting the UK optical sector
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Changes include a new chapter on examining patients with a disability
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Some fitness to practise cases may be processed without a contested hearing from February 2018
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The Government’s proposed reforms could lead to the delivery of a higher quality of care, the GOC told OT
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More than half of customers surveyed through GOC research think opticians are being told to sell unnecessary products and services
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Draft concepts for an overhaul of optometric education were discussed at the latest General Optical Council meeting
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New research reveals 73% of registrants would not feel comfortable contacting the DVLA if a patient falls short of the vision standard for driving
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The Department of Health is considering a plan to streamline “inconsistent and bureaucratic” healthcare regulators
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The GOC’s Alistair Bridge on the return of the Love Your Lenses campaign, which is helping practitioners to have a continuing conversation with patients about good contact lens care
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The threshold for referral has increased from 22 to 24mmHg in new NICE glaucoma guidelines
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Ten new lay members have been appointed to the General Optical Council’s statutory advisory committees