GOC hits back at claims it is hurting profession

General Optical Council interim chair, Anna Bradley, has hit back at comments from the Association of Optometrists that the Council is trying to hurt the profession.

In a letter to Optician, Bradley describes the idea, suggested by AOP chief executive Bob Hughes (News 13.08.10), that the GOC was trying to hurt the profession as 'extraordinary and ill-founded'.

Bradley stated there was no suggestion that fee increases for 2011-12 would be as great as those over the last two years.

Government proposals for UK regulators to fund the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence would not impact the 2011-12 increase.