We are one of 13 organisations in the UK known as health and social care regulators. These organisations oversee the health and social care professions by regulating individual professionals. We are the regulator for the optical professions in the UK. We currently register around 30,000 optometrists, dispensing opticians, student opticians and optical businesses.
We have four core functions:
Healthcare regulation in the UK is currently undergoing reform and modernisation – so this is an exciting time to join us.