Consultations 2018-23

Archived consultations from 2018 to 2023 that were hosted on our former consultation hub: 

Education and Training requirements

• 2018-19 consultation: Education Strategic Review
• 2020 consultation: Education and training requirements for GOC approved qualifications
• 2021 consultation: Education and training requirements for specialist entry to the GOC register (additional supply, supplementary prescribing and independent prescribing)
• 2021-22 consultation: Education and training requirements for entry to the GOC register as a contact lens optician
• 2023 consultation: Managing applications for GOC registration from optical professionals who have qualified outside the UK or Switzerland

Fitness to Practise / Hearings 

• 2019 consultation: Case Management Meetings
• 2020 consultation: Acceptance criteria policy for GOC business registrants
• 2021 consultation: Case Management Meetings - Post-Pilot Review
• 2021 consultation: Hearings and indicative sanctions guidance
• 2021 consultation: Remote hearings protocol
• 2021-22 consultation: Illegal practice strategy review

Policy

• 2020-21 consultation: COVID-19 statements
• 2021 consultation: Service of statutory notices by email policy
• 2022 consultation: Call for evidence on the Opticians Act and consultation on associated GOC policies
• 2022-23 consultation: Updating gender on register
• 2023 consultation: Statement on verification of contact lens specifications and definition of aftercare
• 2023 consultation: Removing reference to a registrant's gender on the public register

Standards / Continuing Education and Training (CET)

• 2018 consultation: Standards for Optical Businesses
• 2018 consultation: Fit for the Future - Lifelong Learning Review
• 2019 consultation: Disclosing confidential information about patients (including where patients may not be fit to drive) - draft guidance for GOC registrants
• 2019-20 consultation: Draft Strategic Plan 2020-2027
• 2020 consultation: CPD (CET) review proposals
• 2020 consultation: Temporary changes to our Optometry Handbook and Supervision policy
• 2020-21 consultation: Draft guidance for registrants - Speaking Up
• 2020-21 consultation: CET Rules consultation
• 2021 consultation: CET exceptions policy