22 June 2021

Department of Health and Social Care’s consultation on Regulating healthcare professionals

We responded to the Department of Health and Social Care’s consultation on Regulating healthcare professionals, protecting the public.

The College has responded to the Department of Health and Social Care’s consultation on Regulating healthcare professionals, protecting the public which sets out substantial proposals to change the legislative basis of all healthcare regulators, including the GOC, to make their governance, rules and processes more flexible and consistent.

Related further reading

A response from the College regarding concerns about the integrity of optometrists referring cataract patients to independent sector providers.

Optometrists talk to patients about eye health every day, and have an important role to play in health promotion and public health.

Reviewing the evidence for the role of supplements in eye health, particularly cataract and age-related macular degeneration (AMD).