The GOC is launching a consultation on a draft updated statement on the testing of sight and draft revisions to the supervision/delegation standard in the Standards of Practice for Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians and the Standards for Optical Students.
Our public perceptions research looks at the public’s views and experiences of using eye care services. The research was carried out by DJS Research, interviewing a representative sample of 2,014 people in the UK between 9 February - 2 March 2026.
Steve Brooker, Director of Regulatory Strategy, discusses the GOC's upcoming consultation on a proposed draft updated statement on the testing of sight.
Enventure Research was commissioned to explore patient and public views on sight testing using teleoptometry models to inform the GOC’s review of its 2013 statement on testing of sight
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.
