Council questions DoH over funding of CET

Clarification on how continuing education and training (CET) funding for optometrists will be accessed is among the principal issues being raised by the General Optical Council (GOC) with the Department of Health (DoH) in its response to a new white paper.

With any changes to the way CET is funded likely to have an effect on how registrants are able to meet their GOC CET requirements as well as any future proposals for revalidation, the GOC has set out its concerns about this and other issues to the DoH.

The letter comes in response to the end of the DoH's consultation period on October 11 over new arrangements proposed in the white paper Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS and the review of the arm's length bodies (ALB).