General Optical Council

GOC consults on equality monitoring scheme

Mon 21 Apr 2008

The General Optical Council published a consultation today on plans to implement a new scheme for monitoring equality and diversity data - press release - 21 April

UK Vision Strategy launch

Fri 18 Apr 2008

The UK Vision Strategy is launched today - news - 18 April

Regulator removes opticians from the registers

Wed 2 Apr 2008

The General Optical Council (GOC) has removed from its registers 442 opticians who failed to renew their registration for 2008/9 - press release - 2 April 2008

Dian Taylor to be acting chief executive of the GOC

Thu 20 Mar 2008

Deputy registrar Dian Taylor will become acting registrar and chief executive of the General Optical Council on Peter Coe's retirement in July 2008 - press release - 20 March 2008

White Paper update: Optical regulator agrees reconstitution of membership

Thu 13 Mar 2008

At its March meeting, Council agreed to initially reduce the number of members to 12, with parity of professional and lay membership- news -13 March 2008

Applying the civil standard of proof: Rules consultation approved

Thu 13 Mar 2008

Council members today approved a consultation document on changes to the GOC Fitness to Practise Rules, to apply the civil standard of proof - news - 13 March 2008

No change to CET post-2010

Thu 13 Mar 2008

Members today accepted the recommendation made by the CET Policy and Development Group that no changes would be made to the current CET Scheme - news - 13 March 2008

Other decisions from Council

Thu 13 Mar 2008

Further decisions from the March meeting of Council include a revised undergraduate optometry core curriculum - news - 13 March 2008

Also noted at March Council

Thu 13 Mar 2008

Items noted by members at the March meeting of Council include the financial budget for 2008/9 - news - 13 March 2008

Optical regulator in Belfast to drive forward healthcare reforms

Mon 10 Mar 2008

On 13 March, the General Optical Council (GOC) will convene in Belfast for the first time - press release - 10 March 2008

GOC Chief Executive announces retirement

Mon 10 Mar 2008

Peter Coe today announced that he will retire from his post as Chief Executive and Registrar of the General Optical Council (GOC) at the end of July 2008 as he reaches his sixtieth birthday - press release - 10 March 2008

World Conference on Optometric Globalisation: 11-13 April 08

Wed 5 Mar 2008

The second World Conference on Optometric Globalisation (WCOG2) takes place 11-13 April - news - 5 March 2008

'Check your retention form to avoid delays', urges GOC

Mon 3 Mar 2008

The General Optical Council (GOC) is stressing that all full and business registrants must ensure their retention applications are completed correctly, if they are to avoid missing the 15 March deadline - press release - 3 March 2008

World Glaucoma Day 6 March 2008

Fri 29 Feb 2008

The first ever World Glaucoma Day takes place on 6 March 2008 - news - 29 February 2008