A GOC Fitness to Practise Committee hearing for optometrist Naftali Everard Bastien took place on February 14 during which an application by the Council for an interim order to protect the public was refused.
The application for an interim order in this case was based on allegations of 'deficient professional performance' in three respects failure properly to interpret intraocular pressure measurements failure to detect chronic open-angle glaucoma and inadequate record keeping.
The Fitness to Practise Committee stated: 'As to the first two matters there is a conflict of evidence in relation to the narrative history and what amounts to proper professional practice which is difficult to resolve at this stage on the material before us. We cannot be satisfied that these matters establish such a risk that can only be dealt with by an interim order.
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