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We are pleased to introduce our Corporate Safeguarding Policy, which outlines how we respond to and manage concerns about the safety and wellbeing of people at risk.

The General Optical Council has appointed Siddhant Majithia, an independent prescribing optometrist, as a Council Associate.

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

The GOC has announced the reappointment to its Council of Frank Munro as registrant member for a further four-year term. Raymond Curran and Cathy Yelf have been appointed as new registrant and lay members respectively.

Updates from the GOC's first meeting of 2025.

We are seeking seven new members to join our Advisory Panel. The Advisory Panel is made up of several committees – we are recruiting members for our Companies, Education and Registration Committees.

We are looking to appoint eleven members to our Hearings Panel – three lay (non-registrant) members, four dispensing opticians, and seven optometrists.

The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care has published its review of the General Optical Council’s performance in 2023-2024. For the third year, the GOC has met all 18 of the PSA’s Standards of Good Regulation.

The GOC has announced the reappointment to its Council of Lisa Gerson as registrant member for a further four-year term. Ros Levenson and Poonam Sharma have been appointed as new lay and registrant members respectively.

100% Optical will be taking place from Saturday 1 to Monday 3 March 2025 at London’s ExCel Centre and we would love to see you there.  

The GOC has announced that it is relocating to new premises at One Canada Square in Canary Wharf, East London in May.

We joining other regulatory, investigatory, and prosecutorial bodies, following a recommendation in the Williams Review.

We have published our annual report for the year ending March 2024, which sets out our achievements of meeting our strategic objectives of transforming customer service, delivering world-class regulatory practice, and developing a culture of continuous improvement.    

Updates from the GOC's last Council meeting of the year, held on 11 December 2024.

The GOC is seeking to appoint two new Council Associates to join the GOC in 2025, at least one of whom is a dispensing optician.