Refraction ruled out by GOC for DOs

A General Optical Council (GOC) meeting held on March 22 approved the regulator’s response to the 2022 call for evidence on the Opticians Act.

The GOC’s proposed programme of legislative reform was based on an analysis of responses submitted by stakeholders.

The call for evidence was conducted to help the GOC consider whether the Opticians Act was fit for purpose and whether there was any evidence of impact to support any changes to the Act.

It was part of the Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) consultation that sought to modernise the regulatory frameworks for fitness to practise, education, registration and governance across all healthcare regulators.