GOC to review locum's case

The GOC fitness to practise committee is to hold a review hearing to determine whether conditions set for a locum optometrist at the Burton-on-Trent branch of Specsavers have been complied with and what, if any, action should continue to be taken on his registration.

As reported in Optician (March 20), Neil Carter had conditions imposed on him for eight months by the GOC after failing to diagnose that a patient was suffering from a detached retina.

Carter was accused of 'deficient professional performance' by failing to fully investigate or ask about any symptoms. He was instructed to attend clinics at a hospital eye department and undertake one-to-one slit-lamp tuition at a university optometry department.