The General Optical Council (GOC) has today launched its Workforce and Perceptions Survey to learn more about registrants’ work experiences, including views on their job satisfaction, working conditions, and plans for the future.
The General Optical Council has signed a joint statement on principles relating to the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education and training, together with five other health and care regulators.
As part of our ongoing thematic review into commercial practices and patient safety, we’re turning our attention to sales targets and incentives in the eye care sector. We want to hear views from across the sector on any positive impacts or negative effects of these targets.
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.
The GOC has published the findings from its 2025 Workforce and Perceptions Survey, which aims to learn more about registrants’ work experiences, including views on their job satisfaction and working conditions.
The GOC has published new research exploring the lived experiences of registrants who have experienced harassment, bullying, abuse or discrimination at work, and the impact this has on them and their ability to provide safe patient care.
Qualitative research to exploring the lived experiences of optometrists and dispensing opticians who had experienced harassment, bullying, abuse or discrimination at work, and the impact of this on them and their patients.
The GOC has published research on a risk-based framework for the testing of sight, to understand the risks of the different components of a sight test not being carried out at the same time, by the same person and/or in the same place.
This research is on a risk-based framework for the testing of sight, to understand the risks of the different components of a sight test not being carried out at the same time, by the same person and/or in the same place.
The research sought to understand how people perceived optical business regulation, their experiences with optical services, and their reactions to the proposed reforms of business regulation.
The GOC has published a response to its 2024/25 consultation on an updated framework which would extend regulation to all businesses carrying out specified restricted functions.
The General Optical Council (GOC) has published new qualitative research – known as ‘lived experience’ research – with vulnerable groups of patients looking at inequalities in access and experiences of eye care services.
Our new qualitative research – known as ‘lived experience’ research – sought feedback from vulnerable groups of patients to examine inequalities in access and experiences of eye care services.
The research report, datasets and infographics for our 2025 public perceptions research, which seeks to understand the public’s views and practical experiences of using eye care services.
