The General Optical Council has sanctioned the multiple for unsubstantiated claims about blue light filtering lenses

Feedback on a planned transformation of optical education was in the spotlight at the latest GOC meeting

Long fitness to practise waiting times and information security lapses hamper the GOC in PSA performance review

Regulator publishes consent guidance in response to findings that registrants wanted further clarification about how to meet this professional standard

Optometrists and dispensing opticians who failed to meet the registration renewal deadline have been taken off the GOC register

A working group established by The Royal College of Ophthalmologists has published guidance on vision correction surgery

A blind pensioner died after receiving medicine from a Boots pharmacy that was meant for another patient

The GOC has published guidance to help registrants meet the professional duty of candour

The optical regulator is grappling with a 30% increase in expenditure following a rise in fitness to practise cases

Chief executive and registrar, Samantha Peters, spoke to OT  about her time with the optical regulator