Category: General Optical Council (GOC)

New Standards of Practice for Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians, Standards for Optical Students, and Standards for Optical Businesses came into effect from 1 January 2025.

The General Optical Council (GOC) is consulting on a new model of business regulation that would extend regulation to all businesses providing specified restricted functions.

The General Optical Council (GOC) has published the results of its Registrant Workforce and Perceptions Survey 2024.

The General Optical Council (GOC) has approved recruitment for the first dispensing optics...

The General Optical Council has published a Reflective Exercise Guidance Template to support registrants with the reflective exercise.

The GOC has launched its Workforce and Perceptions Survey to gain valuable insights on registrants’ views.

The General Optical Council has agreed funding to fund additional research into ‘unfairness’ in Fitness to Practise decision-making. T

For the second year in a row, the GOC has met all 18 of the Professional Standards Authority Standards of Good Regulation for 2022-2023.

The General Optical Council (GOC) has published a new statement on the verification of contact lens specifications, following a consultation.