The College of Optometrists welcomed eight new Council members at its AGM on 23 March.

Following on from the consultation on the CQC’s new strategy and ambitions launched earlier in January, they’re proposing some specific changes

The GOC has launched its registrant survey 2021.

FODO Group Director David Hewlett discusses the concepts of Speaking Up and whistleblowing in a podcast.

Voting for the Association of Optometrists (AOP) Council elections opens on Friday 12 March.

Many in the sector had responded to our call for evidence on the impact of the new lockdown, demonstrating that targeted support was needed. We proposed a targeted safety net scheme to support practices which had seen a fall of 50% or more in GOS activity.

The Department of Health (DoH) is changing its PPE scheme to a self-procurement model with reimbursement.

“The challenge now is to establish the detail of how the ESR is implemented, to achieve a safe transition to new arrangements says College President

COVID-19 has caused major interruptions in education and child health services. This has meant that Child Vision Screening services have been delayed, postponed or cancelled for some of the children who started Reception Years

The Health Care and Professions Council (HCPC) regulates fifteen different professions; some of these are large groups like Physiotherapists and some are much smaller such as Speech and Language Therapists (SLT).