GOC has decided to suspend a dispensing optician based in Betchworth, England, from its register for three months. 

GOC, has decided to suspend an optometrist based in Ilford, England, from its register for nine months.

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The NHSE expects this change to save tens of thousands of hospital appointments every year.

Community optometrists already play an absolutely critical role in caring for the nation’s eye health and supporting the NHS.