General Optical Council

We currently have 18 members on our education visitor panel. Visitor panels attend training institutions and professional qualifying examinations to ensure high standards of education amongst dispensing opticians and optometrists.

Panel members undergo comprehensive training throughout their tenure, including annual refresher sessions, self assessments and appraisals.

Dispensing opticians
Christopher Burton
Christine Harm
Annette Latham-Jackson
Duncan Counter
Allison Thomas

Educationists
Reginald Davis
Bernard Gilmartin
Sally Powell
David Whitaker

Optometrists
Lisa Gerson
Robert Harper
Martin Rubinstein
Angela Whitaker
Richard Broughton

Ophthalmologists
Paul Baines
Ian Bryce
Ahmed Sadiq
Soupramanien Sandramouli