GOC looks to public in new business plans

Details of the General Optical Council's 2012/13 business plan were outlined at a quarterly meeting held last week.

The regulator revealed a number of new, enhanced strategic aims for this financial year - based on the analysis and progress of last year's aims.

How the Council interacts with the public and the development of public awareness were both addressed with new proposals. The GOC said it would aim to ensure visibility, accessibility and responsiveness to the public at point of need. These aims would be facilitated by modernising web accessibility and functionality, taking a collaborative approach to communication of issues and mapping and monitoring its public access channels.