Archived consultations: 2007-present
2018-present
Archived consultations from 2018 to present that were formerly hosted on our consultation hub.
Education and Training requirements
- 2018-19 consultation: Education Strategic Review
- 2020 consultation: Education and training requirements for GOC approved qualifications
- 2021 consultation: Education and training requirements for specialist entry to the GOC register (additional supply, supplementary prescribing and independent prescribing)
- 2021-22 consultation: Education and training requirements for entry to the GOC register as a contact lens optician
- 2023 consultation: Managing applications for GOC registration from optical professionals who have qualified outside the UK or Switzerland
Fitness to Practise / Hearings
- 2019 consultation: Case Management Meetings
- 2020 consultation: Acceptance criteria policy for GOC business registrants
- 2021 consultation: Case Management Meetings - Post-Pilot Review
- 2021 consultation: Hearings and indicative sanctions guidance
- 2021 consultation: Remote hearings protocol
- 2021-22 consultation: Illegal practice strategy review
Policy
- 2020-21 consultation: COVID-19 statements
- 2021 consultation: Service of statutory notices by email policy
- 2022 consultation: Call for evidence on the Opticians Act and consultation on associated GOC policies
- 2022-23 consultation: Updating gender on register
- 2023 consultation: Statement on verification of contact lens specifications and definition of aftercare
- 2023 consultation: Removing reference to a registrant's gender on the public register
- 2024 consultation: GOC strategy 2025-30
- 2024-25 consultation: GOC business regulation
Standards / Continuing Education and Training (CET)
- 2018 consultation: Standards for Optical Businesses
- 2018 consultation: Fit for the Future - Lifelong Learning Review
- 2019 consultation: Disclosing confidential information about patients (including where patients may not be fit to drive) - draft guidance for GOC registrants
- 2019-20 consultation: Draft Strategic Plan 2020-2027
- 2020 consultation: CPD (CET) review proposals
- 2020 consultation: Temporary changes to our Optometry Handbook and Supervision policy
- 2020-21 consultation: Draft guidance for registrants - Speaking Up
- 2020-21 consultation: CET Rules consultation
- 2021 consultation: CET exceptions policy
- 2024 consultation: revised standards of practice
2007-17
Consultations from 2007-17 are hosted on an archive of our previous website.