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A new edition of FtP Focus discussing the different kinds of declarations registrants need to make, the triage process, and case studies.

The GOC has published updated Hearings and Indicative Sanctions guidance, which improves clarity for Fitness to Practise Committees (FtPCs) when considering applying sanctions as part of fitness to practise proceedings.

The GOC has decided to suspend Jaspal Sihra, an optometrist based in Stoke Poges, from its register for two months.

The GOC has decided to suspend Aasiya Chohan, an optometrist based in Bolton, from its register for two months.

The General Optical Council (GOC) has decided to erase Bansri Rughani and Sapna Bariya from its register, and suspend Meera Patel and Maneeka Kothari from its register for two months.

The GOC has decided to suspend Halima Khan, a student optometrist based in Birmingham, from its register for twelve months. 

The GOC has decided to suspend Rahi Miah, a student dispensing optician based in London, from its register for twelve months. 

The GOC has decided to erase Elizabeth Williams, an optometrist based in Wrexham, from its register.

The GOC has decided to suspend Nasir Butt, an optometrist based in Manchester, from its register for six months.

The GOC has decided to suspend Kwan Lok Ho, a student optometrist based in Maidstone, from its register for 12 months. 

The GOC has decided to suspend Ruman Dhaliwal, a student optometrist based in Wolverhampton, from its register for four months. 

The GOC has decided to suspend Abdul Khan, an optometrist based in Birmingham, from its register for 12 months.  

The GOC has decided to erase Suzy Stonehouse, a dispensing optician based in Ashford, from its register. 

The GOC has decided to suspend Francisca Gracia Ruiz, an optometrist based in Manchester, from its register for twelve months. 

The GOC has decided to suspend Paul Brinnen, a dispensing optician based in Brighouse, from its register. 

The GOC has decided to erase Samantha Wall, a dispensing optician based in Plymouth, from its register. 

The acceptance criteria document is a case management tool we use to decide if a complaint against a registrant amounts to an allegation of impaired fitness to practise that should be investigated under section 13D of the Opticians Act 1989. This is the law under which the GOC is permitted to investigate a registrant’s fitness to practise

The GOC has decided to suspend Khooshaal Dawoolet, an optometrist based in Barking, from its register for three months. 

The GOC has decided to suspend Siddique Chowdhury, an optometrist based in Manchester, from its register for two months.

The GOC has decided to erase Jack Harding, a student dispensing optician based in Stafford, from its register.