Blogs

Why we want to hear your views on overbooking or 'ghost clinics' in optical businesses.

It would be easy to get disheartened by the 2025 Registrant Workforce and Perceptions Survey findings showing declining job satisfaction levels and challenging working conditions persisting. Whilst we continue to report these findings and focus on tackling these issues, this is a time of great opportunity for the sector, so it’s important we celebrate the positive findings in the research and to build on what’s working well.

Kate Furniss, Education and CPD Operations Manager, on the importance of registrants creating a personal development plan (PDP) to map out their Continuing Professional Development (CPD) over the 2025-27 cycle.

Angharad Jones, Policy Manager, reflects on the findings from our 2025 public perceptions and lived experience research

Head of Strategy, Policy and Standards, Charlotte Urwin, discusses the GOC's new corporate strategy.

Kate Furniss, Education and CPD Operations Manager, provides registrants with guidance around the new CPD cycle.

Angharad Jones, Policy Manager, discusses findings about locum working in the GOC Registrant Survey 2024.

Angharad Jones, Policy Manager, reflects on the findings from the 2024 public perceptions survey.

Pauline Whitelaw, Policy Manager (Standards) on upcoming changes to our standards of practice, which come into effect on 1 January.

Steve Brooker, Director of Regulatory Strategy, shares his thoughts on the findings of our 2024 Registrant Workforce and Perceptions survey.

With the end of the year fast approaching, we're encouraging all fully-qualified registrants to head to MyCPD today to see what CPD requirements they still need to fulfil before the end of December.

Research from the 2024 Public Perceptions research demonstrates its importance

We caught up with three registrants to talk about self-directed CPD. They discuss the self-directed CPD they have completed and how they’ve benefited from self-directed learning.

Charlotte Urwin, Head of Strategy, Policy and Standards, looks at some of the key themes in our 2025-30 strategy and how registrants can play a role in shaping it

If you are yet to complete a peer review this CPD cycle and keen to carry out a registrant-led peer review, we have put together this short ‘how-to’ guide to take you through the steps.

Steve Brooker, Director of Regulatory Strategy, looks at new technology and its potential impact on regulation following a visit to three businesses as part of our industry familiarisation programme

Kate Furniss, Operations Manager (Education and CPD), looks at how self-directed CPD can put you in control of your professional development.

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Samara Morgan, Head of Education - Development, outlines the key CPD requirements registrants will need to be complete by the end of December 2024

Rebecca Chamberlain, Standards Manager, updates on the progress of the Standards Review following conversations with stakeholders.