The optical regulator has updated its guidance for registrants who need to ‘whistleblow’ when patient or public safety is potentially at risk

Professional Standards Authority challenges adequacy of the nine-month suspension order issued by the regulator to Honey Rose

AOP head of professional discipline, Cassandra Dighton, discusses how the AOP supported a member to challenge a GOC decision

AOP clinical and regulatory adviser, Roshni Kanabar, advises on how to deal with referral refusals

An at-a-glance summary of recent fitness to practise decisions published by the optical regulator

A 31-year-old pharmaceutical sales worker has been convicted of selling and possessing counterfeit goods

The Professional Standards Authority, which oversees 10 regulators including the GOC, is reviewing whether its performance review process is fit for purpose

OT  examines the use of criminal charges against healthcare workers in the UK

An optometrist reflects on being the subject of a fitness to practise case – and shares his thoughts on what others can learn from his experience

The regulator has emphasised that it is “committed to being a proactive anti-racist organisation” in a new statement