OO cleared of misconduct

An optometrist alleged to have told her employer that her brother was a qualified dispensing optician has been cleared by a GOC fitness to practise committee.

Fatma Jagani was alleged to have told her manager that her brother, Mahmood Jagani, was a qualified DO in September 2009 and that she helped create a false CV for him in November 2009.

The committee heard evidence from Sharbdeep Gill, store manager of the Brent Cross Vision Express branch at the time. Gill said he had interviewed Mahmood Jagani and that he had been given a CV by the registrant, but could not provide documentation to prove either claim.