GOC cuts cost by reporting online

In response to feedback from members, the General Optical Council (GOC) has published its annual report for 2008-9 in online format only.

GOC chairman Geoff Harris said the new online-only annual report was part of a strategy of being cost efficient and the use of online and electronic publications has reduced the Council's general publications budget by a quarter.

Revealing its year-on-year performance in numbers, the Council said that across the UK 19,613,579 sight tests had been carried out, 294,997 CET points were awarded and 990 cases recorded by the Optical Consumer Complaints Service.

The GOC's total turnover increased to £3,367,817 in comparison to £3,295,219 recorded for the year before. However, operating expenditure also increased to £4,018,773 from £3,454,368.