GOC

The AOP Councillors gather outside the glass front doors of the building, they are all looking up and smiling towards the camera

AOP Council meeting in five updates

A meeting on 3 June discussed GOC fees, glaucoma, and hosted the AOP Board election

AOP

17 Jun 6 min read

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Share your views on the GOC fees discussion paper

AOP

01 Jun

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Shaped by members: informing the AOP’s CPD reform response

AOP

06 May

A person rifles through a pale blue folder box of files

GOC seeks views on approach to setting registrant fees

Government and regulation

30 Apr

GOC reception area

Sector responses to GOC CPD reform proposals

Government and regulation

23 Apr 1

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In focus

Inside the fitness to practise process: “The hardest thing was the period of waiting”

AOP

01 Apr 10 min read

GOC reception area

The GOC launches 2026 Workforce and Perceptions Survey

Government and regulation

30 Mar

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Seven insights on CLiP from the College of Optometrists

Students and pre-regs

25 Mar 11 min read

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Five insights from the General Optical Council

Government and regulation

19 Mar 5 min read

An illustration of a laptop with a screen and tickboxes on

AOP seeks views on GOC CPD reform proposal

Government and regulation

19 Mar

100% Optical

Barrister Eleanor Curzon

The role of remediation in fitness to practise proceedings

Government and regulation

13 Mar

100% Optical

Bruce Evans is presenting, stood behind a lectuern, in front of a screen

Professor Bruce Evans on how to handle “the dreaded solicitor’s letter”

Health and wellbeing

11 Mar

GOC reception area

GOC meets all 18 PSA standards

Government and regulation

04 Mar

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GOC appoints Kalwant Grewal to council

Government and regulation

05 Feb

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Opinion

Adam Sampson: “There is plenty of influencing to be done”

AOP

22 Jan 4 mins

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Opinion

The GOC on year two of the CPD cycle

Government and regulation

20 Jan 4 mins

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GOC consultation on CPD reforms launches

Government and regulation

20 Jan

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GOC publishes EDI annual report

Government and regulation

05 Jan

A group of professionals take notes at a meeting

GOC updates: registrant fee uplift, CPD reform and emerging sight test models

Government and regulation

19 Dec 2025 6 min read

A meeting is in progress and the attendees are raising their hands to agree with a statement or to share their experiences. Three people are in the foreground, while five others are in the background.

AOP Council: commercial pressures, connectivity, and enhanced services

AOP

16 Dec 2025 7 min read

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General Optical Council recruiting council associates

Government and regulation

16 Dec 2025 1

100% Optical

A graphic states: what to expect at 100% Optical, Safety and conduct. With three headshots of optometry and legal professionals

Education at 100% Optical: Safe practice and professional conduct

Government and regulation

12 Dec 2025

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GOC workforce survey illustrates time and commercial pressures

Government and regulation

25 Sep 2025 2

A businessperson makes notes on a writing pad next to a laptop sitting on a desk

Regulator round-up: commercial pressures, FTP disparities and new optometry courses

Government and regulation

18 Sep 2025 7 min read 1

Teesside University campus

Teesside University on a “proud and significant milestone”

Students and pre-regs

21 Aug 2025

An older woman looks through a phoropter

GOC explores experiences of vulnerable groups accessing eye care

Research

30 Jul 2025

Man in a suit makes notes on a clipboard next to a laptop

GOC releases four recommendations after consultation on regulation of optical businesses

Government and regulation

29 Jul 2025 6 min read 1

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GOC extends Knowledge Hub until July 2028

Government and regulation

14 Jul 2025

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Hoya releases clinical trial data for Miyosmart iQ

Products

07 May 5 min read

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How I got here

Nick Rumney’s limitless ambition for optometry

Career development

29 Mar 18 min read 22 mins

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April/May 2026

The Core values edition

10 Apr

GOC reception area

Sector responses to GOC CPD reform proposals

Government and regulation

23 Apr 1

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GOC reception area

Sector responses to GOC CPD reform proposals

Government and regulation

23 Apr 1

An illustration of a business woman standing alone in the rain. An arm leans in from the right and holds a red umbrella over her to keep her dry

In focus

Inside the fitness to practise process: “The hardest thing was the period of waiting”

AOP

01 Apr 10 min read

A person rifles through a pale blue folder box of files

GOC seeks views on approach to setting registrant fees

Government and regulation

30 Apr

Young female optometrist performs an eye exam on a female patient inside an optometry practice

Seven insights on CLiP from the College of Optometrists

Students and pre-regs

25 Mar 11 min read

Man sitting at desk working on a laptop

Share your views on the GOC fees discussion paper

AOP

01 Jun

Chosen for you

A close up of the view finder of a piece of optical equipment in a consulting room

Frustration over plans for digitising referrals without “fully costed plan for a national roll-out”

AOP

09 Jun 3

Emma Spofforth and Nizz Sabir sitting on an sofa holding the AOP chairman medal

Leadership, continuity and change: AOP chairman handover

AOP

08 Jun 7 min read

Faayza is wearing a shirt and sits at a table with a bunch of flowers

How I got here

“I know how frustrating it can be when you don’t feel heard”

Career development

05 Jun 8 min read 8 mins

The audience at the HG Roadshow event at Old Windsor

Three insights from the HG Roadshow event at Old Windsor

Career development

11 Jun 5 min read