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Missing the retention deadline costs you more
Tue 9 Dec 2008
The annual retention period for all full registrants gets underway today - press release - 9 December 2008
Trust launches BME vision services 'Good Practice Guide'
Tue 9 Dec 2008
"People from Black and minority ethnic communities and vision services: A Good Practice Guide" is published this week by the sight loss charity, Thomas Pocklington Trust - news release - 9 December 2008
GOC consults on amendments to competencies
Mon 8 Dec 2008
The GOC is consulting on proposals to amend the competencies which must be demonstrated in order to be granted a qualification as an optometrist, a dispensing optician, or obtain specialty registration as a dispensing optician in contact lens practice - news release - 8 December 2008.
GOC registration fees go up for first time in four years
Thu 20 Nov 2008
The GOC today announced that the annual retention fee for 2009/10 is rising from £169 to £219 - press release - 20 November 2008
Thu 20 Nov 2008
Key decisions from Council's meeting today - press release - 20 November 2008
GOC announces Geoff Harris as new chair
Thu 20 Nov 2008
The Appointments Commission has appointed Dr Geoffrey Harris as the new chair of the General Optical Council (GOC) - press release - 20 November 2008
Mon 27 Oct 2008
Optical practices are continuing to receive telephone calls from a recruitment agency posing as the General Optical Council - news - 27 October
Alert: bogus calls to practices
Fri 10 Oct 2008
It has come to our attention that a number of optical practices have received calls from individuals claiming to be phoning from the General Optical Council, asking for employee details - news - 10 October 2008
New web-based model paves the way for commissioning local eye care services
Thu 9 Oct 2008
A new National Eye Health Epidemiological Model (NEHEM) will, for the first time, make data on the prevalence of four common eye conditions freely available - press release - 9 October 2008
Rosie Varley to chair General Social Care Council
Mon 6 Oct 2008
GOC chairman Rosie Varley has been appointed as the new chairman of the General Social Care Council (GSCC) - press release - 6 October 2008
Eye Health Week 6 - 12 October 2008
Mon 6 Oct 2008
Today marks the start of the RNIB's Eye Health Week 2008 - news release - 6 October 2008
NHS launches Fraud Awareness Month
Thu 25 Sep 2008
The NHS is launching a campaign to raise awareness of fraud within the health service - news release - 25 September 2008
The future of GOC committees: have your say
Wed 24 Sep 2008
The General Optical Council (GOC) has now opened its public consultation on proposed changes to its Committee Constitution Rules 2005 - news release - 23 September 2008
Standard of proof: Council approves changes to fitness to practise rules
Tue 16 Sep 2008
Following wide consultation, the General Optical Council last week formally made the rules that will implement the civil standard of proof in fitness to practise (disciplinary) hearings with effect from 3 November 2008 - news release - 16 September 2008
Opticians see eye to eye with patients
Mon 8 Sep 2008
In the last year, fewer than one per cent of opticians were the subject of a fitness to practise complaint, according to the General Optical Council (GOC) - press release - 8 September 2008