Category: Professional Matters Optometry & Dispensing

October 24, 2024
GOC Student Register Erasure
GOC Student Register Erasure
GOC, has decided to erase a student dispensing optician based in Plymouth,
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October 23, 2024
GOC seeks views on changes to business regulation
GOC seeks views on changes to business regulation
Feedback to the 2022 call for evidence showed broad sector support for extending regulation to all businesses providing restricted functions
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October 23, 2024
GOC seeks new registrant and lay Council members
GOC seeks new registrant and lay Council members
The deadline for applications is midnight on Sunday 17 November 2024.
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October 22, 2024
AOP welcomes Government’s ‘national conversation’ to shape the future of the NHS
AOP welcomes Government’s ‘national conversation’ to shape the future of the NHS
Described as the “biggest national conversation about the future of the NHS since its birth
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October 18, 2024
NHS England Chair to stand down at the end of March
NHS England Chair to stand down at the end of March
Richard will have been in post for three years when he steps down in March 2025.
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October 11, 2024
ABDO launches new course in paediatric eyecare on World Sight Day
ABDO launches new course in paediatric eyecare on World Sight Day
This is a chance to highlight the importance of children’s eyecare
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October 8, 2024
Scottish Government offers 6% uplift to primary eye care
Scottish Government offers 6% uplift to primary eye care
OS will now consult the sector on the proposal.
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October 4, 2024
Guidance for navigating ethical challenges in optics
Guidance for navigating ethical challenges in optics
The guidance includes a suite of webpages detailing scenarios
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October 4, 2024
High Street optometry poised to take pressure off GPs as doctors warn of ‘dangerously high workloads’
High Street optometry poised to take pressure off GPs as doctors warn of ‘dangerously high workloads’
Our data shows that millions of GP appointments are taken up with eye health complaints
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