GOC erases Crewe based dispensing optician from register

GOC erases Crewe based dispensing optician from register

The General Optical Council (GOC), the UK regulator for optometrists and dispensing opticians, has decided to erase Ben Burnage, a dispensing optician based in Crewe, from its register.

A GOC Fitness to Practise Committee found his fitness to practise impaired by reason of misconduct. This is in relation to falsifying a patient’s visual field results and dishonestly withholding clinical data which showed a potentially pathological result.

Mr Burnage has until 8 August 2023 to appeal against his erasure, during which time he is suspended from the register under an immediate suspension order.