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Consultation on reforms to Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
The General Optical Council (GOC) regulates eye care services in the UK. We currently register around 35,000 optometrists, dispensing opticians, student optometrists, student dispensing opticians and optical businesses. The groups on our register are called registrants.
For more information, please visit our website: https://www.optical.org/
The consultation will be open between 19 January and 19 April 2026.
Phases
Phases overview
Phase 1: Consultation
Consultation
Phase 2: Consultation analysis
Consultation analysis
Phase 3: Publication
Publication
Publication
1 September 2026 23:00 - No end date
During this phase of the project, we will publish our response to the consultation and our decisions about next steps. Exact dates are to be confirmed.