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Guidance for Professional Practice
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Introduction to CPD
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Registering CPD activity with the GOC
Reflective learning practice
Online learning
Peer discussion and peer review
Docet distance learning
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Independent prescribing (IP) qualification
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College journals
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11 March 2022
NHSEI call for extended services to be optimised
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Public health
10 March 2022
College signs joint letter with GOC to encourage vaccine uptake
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8 March 2022
Consultation on proposed changes to the Guidance for Professional Practice
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23 February 2022
The College responds to a DHSC consultation on revoking vaccination as a condition of deployment
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26 January 2022
The College responds to a GOC consultation on a revised illegal practice protocol
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17 January 2022
New guidance on self-isolation period following COVID-19 exposure in England
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22 December 2021
Clarification on self-isolation period following Covid exposure
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8 December 2021
Supporting optometrists in their vaccine decisions
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30 November 2021
We respond to DVLA's proposals to allow optometrists to complete DVLA medical questionnaires
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29 October 2021
College supports proposal to extend provision of free PPE to optometrists
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20 October 2021
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23 September 2021
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22 September 2021
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22 September 2021
GOC's remote hearings protocol consultation
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22 September 2021
GOC's consultation on service of statutory notices by email
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