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Other research

Further research we have carried out and policy papers we have developed to inform our understanding of eye care services.

  • Non-UK Optometry Qualifications Evaluation Guidance - November 2025
  • Lived experience research:
    • Exploring optometrists and dispensing opticians in the UK facing harassment, bullying, abuse or discrimination at work - September 2025
    • Exploring patients and non-patients accessing and using eye care services - July 2025
  • Business registrant survey - August 2025
  • Research on a risk-based framework for the testing of sight - August 2025 
  • Patient and public research into reforming the GOC’s system of optical business regulation - July 2025
  • Business registrant survey - April 2024
  • Research on public perceptions of the Standards of Practice - November 2023
  • Vision and driving report
  • Accessing efficiency and efficacy gains in health professional regulation
  • Europe Economics report: health risk assessment for illegal optical practice
  • Research into behaviour of contact lens wearers
  • Stakeholder perceptions surveys
  • Adjustable focus spectacles
  • Risks in the optical professions
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