GOC to bolster committees

A campaign has been launched by the General Optical Council to recruit three new members for its advisory committees.

The regulator said it needed a dispensing optician for its Standards Committee, a lay member for its Education Committee and an optical business representative for its Companies Committee.

GOC chair Gareth Hadley said: ‘As we seek to achieve our strategic objective of raising standards across the profession, it is vital for us to understand how optical care is delivered and how it is likely to change. We also need to respond to the Francis Inquiry, including the increased focus on openness and candour.

‘We are addressing these and other issues, such as revising the business code of conduct, as part of our ongoing standards review, and our advisory committees will have a big part to play in influencing this work.