GOC erases Plymouth student DO

Helen Holman, a Plymouth-based student dispensing optician, has been erased from the GOC’s register after her fitness to practise was found to be impaired due to misconduct. 

A committee noted that Holman told her employers she had submitted her pre-qualification portfolio to the Association of British Dispensing Opticians when, in fact, she had not.  

She also carried out several restricted activities involving patients under 16 years of age without holding the required qualifications. The Committee found these actions to be dishonest.