General Optical Council

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Missing the retention deadline costs you more

The annual retention period for all full registrants gets underway today - press release - 9 December 2008

Trust launches BME vision services 'Good Practice Guide'

"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

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.


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A third of all drivers - around 13 million - are not having their eyes tested regularly (source: RNIB)

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