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      • News and press releases
        • Response to the petition for the General Optical Council to be investigated for conflict of interest
        • GOC suspends Hampshire based optometrist
        • News from Council 13 May 2020
        • PSA statement on petition to investigate GOC
        • GOC erases Cambridgeshire based dispensing optician
        • GOC response on re-opening optical practices statement
        • GOC welcomes the Professional Standards Authority performance review
        • Coronavirus (COVID-19) latest information
        • GOC welcomes guidance from The College of Optometrists on Leicester and Scotland
        • Tim Parkinson appointed to the GOC Council
        • Recently published statement during the COVID-19 emergency
        • Recently published statement during the COVID-19 emergency (CET)
        • Statement on registrants working in different settings during COVID-19 emergency
        • Statement on CET during the COVID-19 emergency
        • Statement on infection prevention and control during the COVID-19 pandemic
        • GOC suspends Huddersfield based optometrist
        • Annual Healthcare Regulators’ Whistleblowing Report 2020 Published
        • GOC consults on 2020-27 Strategic Plan
        • GOC position of proposed apprenticeship standard
        • GOC statement on University of Portsmouth Masters of Optometry programme
        • Love Your Lenses Week: Watch the Land The Message video
        • GOC publishes Brexit - frequently asked questions
        • GOC imposes financial penalty on Boots Opticians Ltd
        • Lesley Longstone appointed as permanent GOC Chief Executive and Registrar
        • News from Council 13 February 2019
        • GOC suspends Hounslow based dispensing optician
        • GOC encourages ESR responses with three weeks to go
        • Vicky McDermott stands down as GOC Chief Executive and Registrar
        • GOC erases Helensburgh based optometrist
        • Love Your Lenses Week to focus on helping practitioners to land the safety message
        • GOC Business Standards consultation receives positive response from the optical sector
        • Over 97 per cent of registrants meet CET requirements
        • GOC sets out its commitment to anti-racism
        • GOC suspends Birmingham based dispensing optician
        • GOC statement in response to Professional Standards Authority (PSA) appeal
        • GOC statement on the Education Strategic Review
        • Statement on the re-opening of optical practices during the COVID-19 emergency
        • GOC launches consultation on Continuing Education and Training scheme
        • Revised statement on the re-opening of optical practices
        • GOC erases Yorkshire based optometrist
        • GOC erases Sheffield based student dispensing optician
        • GOC erases Cardiff based optometrist
        • Recently published statements during the COVID-19 emergency
        • Statement on the provision of essential eye services in England
        • GOC response to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) emergency
        • GOC erases Staffordshire based student dispensing optician
        • GOC erases Leicester based student dispensing optician
        • GOC succesfully removes reported illegal spectacle sales on Amazon
        • GOC sets out position on lissamine green
        • Dr David Parkins reappointed as a member of GOC Council
        • Statement on referrals for cataract surgery
        • Help us build the new GOC website
        • News from Council 26 February 2020
        • GOC publishes guidance on disclosing confidential information
        • Coronavirus COVID-19: Latest guidance from the DHSC and PHE
        • Lidl withdraws spectacles being sold illegally
        • GOC erases Manchester based student dispensing optician
        • GOC issues withdrawal notice to University of Portsmouth Master of Optometry programme
        • GOC erases London based optometrist
        • News from Council - 15 July 2020
        • GOC consultation on temporary changes to our Optometry Quality Assurance Handbook
        • GOC launches ESR consultation on updated education and training requirements
        • GOC response to concerns raised by Association of British Dispensing Opticians about the Education Strategic Review
        • GOC erases Scarborough based dispensing optician
        • GOC approves temporary changes to Optometry Handbook and Supervision Policy
        • GOC statement on service of registration notices during the COVID-19 emergency
        • Statement on use of technology during the COVID-19 emergency
        • GOC announces the departure of Director of Strategy Alistair Bridge and the appointment of Leonie Milliner as Senior Education Adviser
        • GOC erases Harrow based student optometrist
        • GOC suspends Hertfordshire based optometrist
        • Dr Subo Shanmuganathan steps down as interim Director of Education
        • News from Council 13 November 2019
        • GOC suspends Manchester based optomestrist
        • Principles for good practice issued to protect patients online
        • GOC shares 2016-18 CET cycle evaluation report
        • GOC launches ESR expert advisory groups
        • GOC publishes research in to risk in the optical professions
        • GOC erases Suffolk based optometrist
        • GOC announces launch of new business standards website
        • FTP and Education Teams unavailable 4 October 2019
        • GOC welcomes the Professional Standards Authority Performance Review (1)
        • GOC erases Peterborough based student dispensing optician
        • GOC pilots enhanced triage process for FTP complaints
        • Public Statement about The University of Portsmouth's Optometry Programme
        • GOC erases Yorkshire based student optometrist
        • GOC erases Surrey based dispensing optician
        • Research reveals public perceptions of opticians
        • GOC erases Swindon based dispensing optician
        • News from Council 10 July 2019
        • GOC shares Fitness to Practise insights with optical business registrants
        • GOC erases Durham based optometrist
        • Regulators unite to support reflective practitioners across healthcare
        • Professor Deborah Bowman MBE appointed to GOC Council
        • GOC welcomes ASA ruling on iSpyEyes
        • News from Council 15 May 2019
        • GOC suspends Orpington based dispensing optician
        • GOC encourages eligible optical businesses to register
        • GOC registrants demonstrate their continued fitness to practise
        • GOC publishes new Standards for Optical Businesses
        • GOC consults on draft guidance: disclosing confidential information
        • GOC suspends Bromley based dispensing optician
        • GOC co-commissions research into Regulated Qualifications Framework level for GOC approved qualifications
        • GOC response to joint statement on concerns about funding for Education Strategic Review
        • GOC suspends Bradford based optometrist
        • GOC launches public consultation on COVID-19 statements
        • Latest information on COVID-19 'firebreak lockdown' from Welsh Government
        • GOC response to petition to stop multiples exploiting optometrists and endangering patients
        • GOC suspends London based optometrist
        • GOC shares recommendations on RQF levels for optometrists and dispensing opticians
        • Recruitment begins for ethnic minority healthcare staff COVID-19 research study
        • GOC launches new FtP Focus learning bulletin
        • GOC signs letter in recognition of registrants during the COVID-19 emergency
        • Update to process for EEA and Swiss National applicants
        • GOC to contribute to new research on the effect of COVID-19 on BAME healthcare workers
        • GOC suspends Leeds based student dispensing optician
        • GOC suspends Nottingham based optometrist
        • News from Council 11 November
        • Joint statement from Chief Executives of statutory regulators of health and social care professionals - January 2021
        • Statement on national lockdowns
        • Applications for Scottish and Welsh Council members to close Sunday 10 January
        • Important update: system error generated email from GOC
        • GOC erases Liverpool based optometrist
        • Statement on Tier 4 restrictions in areas of England from 20 December 2020
        • GOC erases Shropshire based dispensing optician
        • GOC suspends Nuneaton based optometrist
        • GOC erases Norwich based dispensing optician
        • Optometry Wales Chair to stand down and take up General Optical Council role
        • GOC suspends Glasgow based optometrist
        • GOC suspends London based student optometrist
        • New issue of FtP FOCUS bulletin launched
        • GOC suspends London based optometrist (1)
        • GOC statement in response to Department of Health and Social Care consultation
        • GOC announces Dr Anne Wright CBE as new Chair of Council
        • GOC Council approves new education and training requirements for dispensing opticians and optometrists
        • News from Council 10 February 2021
        • As an optical professional, should I be vaccinated against COVID-19?
        • Recruitment for Scottish registrant Council member
        • Message from Dr Anne Wright CBE, new GOC Chair
        • GOC welcomes the Professional Standards Authority Review Performance Review 2019/20
        • GOC shares insights from public perceptions research
        • COVID-19 statements consultation report published
        • GOC erases Cardiff based dispensing optician
        • GOC launches 2021 registrant survey
        • How the GOC can support you to Speak Up
        • Consultation on CET exceptions policy
        • GOC co-signs letter in support of optometrists and dispensing opticians during the COVID-19 emergency
        • GOC suspends Glasgow based optometrist (1)
        • Optical practice staff in England can now book their vaccination appointment
        • How the GOC is supporting LGBT+ History month
        • New business plan for 2021-22
        • GOC erases Plymouth based student optometrist
        • New education and training requirements published
        • GOC publishes response to COVID-19 statements consultation
        • Temporary changes to Optometry Handbook and Supervision policy extended
        • GOC suspends Aberdeen based optometrist
        • GOC shares findings from therapeutic prescribing literature review
        • Statement on misrepresentation and false endorsement of Age-related Macular Degeneration Treatment
        • GOC searches for new Chief Executive
        • GOC response to Department of Health and Social Care consultation on regulating healthcare professionals, protecting the public
        • Nicholas Yeo joins Nominations Committee
        • GOC suspends Birmingham based student optometrist
        • GOC commissions Sector Partnership for Optical Knowledge and Education
        • September 2021 statement: GOC Independent Prescribing handbook requirements
        • GOC win diversity and inclusion award
        • GOC launches consultation on new requirements for Contact Lens Opticians
        • Two thirds of healthcare workers lacked access to appropriate PPE during first lockdown
        • News from Council - 22 September 2021
        • Annual report on whistleblowing from healthcare regulators published
        • PSA report into ethical experiences of healthcare professionals during COVID-19 pandemic
        • GOC erases Derbyshire based dispensing optician
        • GOC erases Leeds based student dispensing optician
        • GOC publishes updated Continuing Education and Training (CET) exceptions policy
        • Fourth issue of FtP Focus: on the road to a hearing
        • A focus on Education requirements for Optometry and Dispensing Optics
        • GOC launches consultation on new approach to illegal practice
        • GOC publishes consultations on service of statutory notices by email, remote hearings, and indicative sanctions
        • GOC appoints Frank Munro as new registrant council member
        • GOC publishes new Speaking Up guidance for registrants
        • GOC erases London based student optometrist
        • Statement on the Honey Rose High Court case
        • GOC appoints Leonie Milliner as new Chief Executive and Registrar
        • GOC shares insights from 2021 registrant survey
        • GOC launches vital consultation on new requirements for independent prescribing qualifications
        • Sector clinical guidance on infection control measures in England after 19 July
        • News from Council 14 July 2021
        • Delivering safe eye care during easement of COVID-19 restrictions
        • GOC erases Manchester based student dispensing optician (1)
        • GOC suspends Bradford based student optometrist
        • 'Never Events' framework to protect patients, public and registrants
        • New issue of FtP FOCUS on Case Examiners
        • Judgement concerning electronic service
        • The General Optical Council launches new website
        • News from Council – 8 December 2021
        • GOC Council approves updated requirements for independent prescribing categories
        • New issue of FtP FOCUS focuses on Fitness to Practise Committee
        • GOC publishes new policy on service of notices by email
        • 2021 registrant survey: The future of the optical workforce in the UK
        • GOC appoints optometrists to new Council Associate roles
        • GOC suspends Chigwell based optometrist
        • GOC response to Government consultation on removing COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of deployment for health and social care staff
        • GOC appoints Steve Brooker as Director of Regulatory Strategy
        • GOC suspends student optometrist based in Birmingham
        • GOC co-signs letter on the importance of vaccinations
        • News from Council - 16 March 2022
        • GOC Council approves updated requirements for contact lens opticians
        • GOC launches 2022 Registrant Workforce and Perceptions Survey
        • GOC meets 17 of 18 Standards for Good Regulation
        • GOC calls for evidence on need to change the Opticians Act
        • GOC Council Statement on situation in Ukraine
        • Updated independent prescribing education and training requirements published
        • GOC co-signs letter to student optometrists and student dispensing opticians on vaccinations
        • UCLan MSci and MSc optometry programmes fully approved
        • Update on competencies process for international applicants
        • All UK nations move to COVID-19 ‘green phase’
        • New 2022-23 Business Plan published
        • Call for New Council Committee Members
        • Acting Director of Regulatory Strategy Marcus Dye to depart General Optical Council
        • GOC announces Nigel Sully and John Cappock as new Independent Committee Members
        • GOC suspends Stourbridge based student optometrist
        • GOC suspends Perth based optometrist
        • Call for evidence on Opticians Act 1989 and consultation on associated GOC policies
        • News from Council – 29 June 2022
        • GOC Council approves updated illegal practice protocol
        • GOC reveals insights from public perceptions research
        • GOC suspends Taunton based dispensing optician
        • The GOC call for evidence on the Opticians Act 1989 has closed
        • GOC suspends St. Albans based dispensing optician
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        • University of Huddersfield optometry programme receives full approval
        • GOC erases Leicester based optometrist
        • GOC survey provides insight into changing nature of the optical workforce
        • Watch our explainer video on new education and training requirements
        • GOC suspends West Midlands based optometrist
        • GOC suspends Blackburn based optometrist
        • GOC erases Leicester based dispensing optician
        • Updated contact lens optician education and training requirements published
        • CPD registrant record review and provider audit guides launched
        • GOC seeks to appoint two new Council members
        • GOC erases Denbighshire based dispensing optician
        • Eleven new members appointed to our Council’s Committees
        • Statement from the Chair of the General Optical Council, Dr Anne Wright CBE and the GOC’s Chief Executive and Registrar, Leonie Milliner
        • News from Council – 21 September 2022
        • Annual Healthcare Regulators’ Whistleblowing Report 2022 published
        • GOC erases Croydon based student dispensing optician
        • GOC erases optometrist based in London
        • Recruitment starts for new Companies Committee members
        • GOC suspends Bristol based optometrist
        • GOC suspends Bodedern based dispensing optician
        • GOC erases Stafford based dispensing optician
        • 2021-2022 Annual Report published
        • GOC announces registrant fees for 2023/24
        • News from Council – 7 December 2022
        • GOC launches consultation on the process for registrants to update their registered gender
        • New registrant and lay Council members appointed
        • GOC erases Harrow based student dispensing optician
        • GOC commissions SPOKE to establish Knowledge Hub
        • Join us at 100% Optical
        • Become a Council Associate
        • GOC erases Gerrards Cross based optometrists from register
        • GOC notes Ulster University and Cardiff University as first to meet new education and training requirements
        • GOC erases Newark based dispensing optician
    • Raising concerns
      • Raising concerns about an optician
        • What is fitness to practise?
        • How to raise a concern about an optician
          • Raising your concern
            • Form to raise a concern about an optician
          • Help for patients
          • Optical Consumer Complaints Service
        • How we investigate a concern
        • Other concerns we can investigate
      • Hearings
        • Guidance for people who have been asked to attend a fitness to practise hearing
        • How to attend a hearing
        • Hearings panel
        • Past hearings
          • Warnings
        • Sanctions we can impose
        • Future hearings
      • What to do if concerns are raised about you
      • FtP FOCUS
    • Registration
      • Join the register
        • Register as a fully qualified individual
          • Apply to join the register as a fully qualified individual
        • Register as a student
          • Apply to join the student register
          • Transfer registers as a student
            • Application form to transfer registers as a student
        • Register as a business
          • Apply to join the body corporate register
        • Registration fees
        • Register a specialty
          • Form to register a specialty
        • How an employer can check if an optical professional is registered with us
          • Application for a registrant check
        • Lifetime registration numbers
        • Apply for a low income fee 2022-23
          • Application for low income fee 2022-23
      • Monthly amendments to the register
      • Restore your registration
        • Restore as a fully qualified individual
          • Apply to be restored to the fully qualified register
        • Restore as a student
          • Apply to be restored to the student register
        • Restore as a business
          • Apply to be restored to the body corporate register
        • Guidance for registrants on maternity, paternity and adoption leave
      • Register from overseas
        • European economic area applicants
        • Swiss nationals
        • International optometrists
        • International dispensing opticians
        • Working in the United Kingdom
        • Registering from overseas self assessment
          • Self assessment form
      • Register outside the UK
        • Application for a Certificate of Current Professional Status
      • Renew your registration
        • Renew an Independent Prescribing specialty
          • Apply to renew your independent prescribing specialty
        • Apply for a low income renewal fee
          • Application for a low income renewal fee
        • Direct debit set-up
      • Verification of Ophthalmic Performers List declarations
      • Make a declaration
        • Declaration form
        • FTP Retention Policy
    • Education and CPD
      • Continuing Professional Development
        • Information for existing CPD providers
          • Information for new CPD providers
        • Information for registrants
          • Peer review and reflection
          • Self-directed CPD
          • Restoration requirements
        • Why we introduced CPD
        • CET: Webinar and Q&As
      • Education
        • A career in optics
        • What to study and where
          • Anglia Ruskin University
          • Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) College
          • Aston University
          • Bradford College
          • Cardiff University
          • City and Islington College
          • City, University of London
          • College of Optometrists
          • Glasgow Caledonian University
          • Teesside University
          • Ulster University
          • University of Bradford
          • University of Central Lancashire
          • University of Hertfordshire
          • University of Highlands and Islands
          • University of Huddersfield
          • University of Manchester
          • University of Plymouth
          • University of Portsmouth
          • University of the West of England
          • Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) Examinations
        • Information for Education Providers
        • UK routes to registration
        • Education Strategic Review
          • Policy development and research
          • Expert Advisory Groups
          • Technical Advisory Group
        • How we approve new programmes
        • Post-registration qualifications
        • Education and training requirements (from March 2021)
          • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Standards and guidance
      • Standards of practice for optometrists and dispensing opticians
        • 1. Listen to patients and ensure they are at the heart of the decisions made about their care.
        • 2. Communicate effectively with your patients
        • 3. Obtain valid consent
        • 4. Show care and compassion for your patients
        • 5. Keep your knowledge and skills up to date
        • 6. Recognise, and work within, your limits of competence
        • 7. Conduct appropriate assessments, examinations, treatments and referrals
        • 8. Maintain adequate patient records
        • 9. Ensure that supervision is undertaken appropriately and complies with the law
        • 10. Work collaboratively with colleagues in the interests of patients
        • 11 . Protect and safeguard patients, colleagues and others from harm
        • 12. Ensure a safe environment for your patients
        • 13. Show respect and fairness to others and do not discriminate
        • 14. Maintain confidentiality and respect your patients’ privacy
        • 15. Maintain appropriate boundaries with others
        • 16. Be honest and trustworthy
        • 17. Do not damage the reputation of your profession through your conduct
        • 18. Respond to complaints effectively
        • 19. Be candid when things have gone wrong
      • Standards for optical businesses
        • 1.1 Patients can expect to be safe in your care
        • 1.2 Patient care is delivered in a suitable environment
        • 1.3 Communication is clear and effective
        • 1.4 Patients can give valid consent to treatment
        • 2.1 The services you provide are open and transparent
        • 2.2 You ensure compliance with relevant regulations
        • 2.3 You have a system of clinical governance in place
        • 2.4 Confidentiality is respected
        • 3.1 Your staff are able to exercise their professional judgement
        • 3.2 Staff are suitably trained, qualified and registered
        • 3.3 Staff are adequately supervised
        • 3.4 Staff collaborate with others, where appropriate
      • Standards for optical students
        • 1 . Listen to patients and ensure that they are at the heart of the decisions made about their care.
        • 2 . Communicate effectively with your patients
        • 3. Obtain valid consent
        • 4. Show care and compassion for your patients
        • 5. Recognise, and work within, your limits of competence
        • 6. Conduct appropriate assessments, examinations, treatments and referrals under supervision
        • 7. Maintain adequate patient records
        • 8. Ensure that supervision is undertaken appropriately and complies with the law
        • 9. Work collaboratively with your peers, tutors, supervisors or other colleagues in the interests of patients
        • 10. Protect and safeguard patients, colleagues and others from harm
        • 11. Ensure a safe environment for your patients
        • 12. Show respect and fairness to others and do not discriminate
        • 13. Maintain confidentiality and respect your patients’ privacy
        • 14. Maintain appropriate boundaries with others
        • 15. Be honest and trustworthy
        • 16. Do not damage the reputation of your profession through your conduct
        • 17. Respond to complaints effectively
        • 18. Be candid when things have gone wrong
      • The professional duty of candour
        • What is the professional duty of candour?
        • About this guidance
        • Be candid when things have gone wrong
        • Speaking to those close to the patient
        • Adverse events that did not result in harm or distress
        • Learning from adverse events
        • Optometrists and dispensing opticians with high profile or management responsibilities
      • Consent
        • About this guidance
        • How the guidance applies to you
        • Principles of consent
        • Obtaining valid consent
        • Capacity to consent
        • Refusing or withdrawing consent
        • Consent to share patient information
        • Emergencies
      • Disclosing confidential information
        • Disclosing confidential information
        • About this guidance and how it applies to you
        • Disclosing confidential information about patients, with or without consent
        • Vision and safe driving – what to do if a patient’s vision means they may not be fit to drive
        • Other disclosures in the public interest
        • Complying with external investigations
        • What to do if a patient’s vision means they may not be fit to drive
      • Speaking up
        • About this guidance and how it applies to you
        • What is speaking up?
        • Part 1: Guidance for individuals
        • A. Why should I speak up?
        • B. When to consider speaking up
        • C. How to speak up
        • D. Protected disclosures
        • E. Speaking up to the GOC
        • F. After speaking up
        • G. Sources of further advice
        • Part 2: Guidance for businesses
        • A. Your policies and processes
        • B. Maintaining and promoting awareness
        • C. If someone speaks up about their concerns to you
        • Annex: Flowchart summarising speaking up process
    • About us
      • Who we are
        • Introduction to the General Optical Council
        • Council members
          • Council Associates
        • Senior Management Team
        • Making a complaint about the General Optical Council
      • How we work
        • Our strategic plan
        • Governance
          • Council meetings
          • Meetings and decisions
          • Financial governance
          • Professional Standards Authority
        • Mission, vision and values
        • Rules and regulations
        • Equality, diversity and inclusion
          • Our approach to monitoring Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI)
      • Accessing information
        • Data and freedom of information at the GOC
        • Our policies
          • Freedom of Information
          • Disclosure policy
          • Data protection
          • Privacy statement
          • Accessibility statement
        • Cookie notice
      • Work for us
        • Working for us
        • Current vacancies
      • Get involved
        • Consultations
          • Call for evidence on the Opticians Act and consultation on GOC policies
        • Tenders
      • Contact us
    • Standards
    • Guidance
    • Publications
      • Cymraeg
      • Acceptance criteria
      • Acceptance criteria for businesses
      • Code of Conduct
      • Our responses to other consultations
        • GOC response to the Professional Standards Authority’s consultation on approach to performance review
        • GOC response to DHSC consultation on regulating healthcare professionals, protecting the public
        • GOC response to Health Education England Strategic Framework consultation
        • GOC response to Department of Health and Social Care consultation on deciding when statutory regulation is appropriate
      • Standing orders
      • Scheme of delegation
      • Allocation of roles and responsibilities
      • Business plan and budget 2021-22
      • Fully qualified identification form
      • Registration fees 2021-22
      • FtP FOCUS bulletin - Issue 2
      • New provider application process
      • Supplementary guidance on consent
      • Body corporate registration process
      • High level principles for good practice in remote consultations and prescribing
      • Registration fees 2020-21
      • Whistleblowing disclosures annual reports
        • Whistleblowing disclosures report 2018
        • Whistleblowing disclosures report 2019
        • Whistleblowing disclosures report 2020
        • Whistleblowing disclosures report 2021
        • Whistleblowing disclosures report 2022
      • A career in vision care
      • Guidance for students with a disability
      • Raising concerns whistleblowing policy
      • Supervision policy
      • Annual Monitoring and Reporting 2017-2018 sector report
      • Notification of Reportable Events and Changes Guidance
      • Coronavirus (COVID-19) – risk of infection from working in the GOC office
      • Statement on the redeployment of optometrists or dispensing opticians within pharmacy practice during COVID-19 pandemic
      • Statement on Continuing Education and Training (CET) providers for CET provision during the COVID-19 emergency
      • Statement on our approach in fitness to practise for the service of documents and facilitating hearings during the COVID-19 emergency
      • Statement on Continuing Education and Training (CET) during COVID-19 emergency
      • Statement on contact lens aftercare during COVID-19 emergency
      • Statement on education provision and approach to quality assurance activity during the COVID-19 emergency
      • Statement on optometrists, dispensing opticians and students working in different settings during the COVID-19 emergency
      • Statement on supply of spectacles and contact lenses during COVID-19 emergency
      • Statement on verification of contact lens specifications during COVID-19 emergency
      • Working together policy
      • The roles and duties of Hearings panel members
      • Remote hearings guide for witnesses
      • Investigation Committee guidance
      • Register of Interests and Gifts and Hospitality
      • Council Member register of interests
      • Senior Management Team register of interests
      • Qualification under Section 9(2)(c) of the Opticians Act 1989 form
      • Monthly amendments to the register
      • Declarations guidance for bodies coporate
      • GOC Certification Guidance
      • Declarations guidance for fully qualified registrants
      • Declarations guidance for students
      • Protocol on the handling of criminal convictions disclosed by registrants
      • Perceptions of UK optical education
      • Educational patterns and trends
      • Professional boundaries in the optical sector
      • Concepts and principles consultation - high level findings
      • System leaders roundtable statement
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