General Optical Council
Mark Chatham is an experienced Specialist Contact Lens Practitioner, serving as a Practice Buddy at Hakim Group since January 2020 and as an Education Visitor Panel Member for the General Optical Council since January 2021. With a strong background in education and clinical practice, Chatham has been a CPD Author since November 2015 and works independently as a Specialist Contact Lens Practitioner since July 2019. Additionally, Chatham contributes pro bono as a Clinical Advisor for the Malawi Contact Lens Association, enhancing the skills of local ophthalmologists and optometrists. Previous roles include Associate Tutor at Cardiff University, various positions at CooperVision, and serving as a member of the National Clinical Committee for the Association of British Dispensing Opticians. Chatham holds multiple qualifications in contact lens practice and optical dispensing, demonstrating a commitment to advancing the field and supporting practitioners and patients alike.
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General Optical Council
The General Optical Council (GOC) is the regulator for the optical professions in the UK. We currently register around 30,000 optometrists, dispensing opticians, student opticians and optical businesses. We are one of 23 organisations in the UK known as health and social care regulators. These organisations oversee the health and social care professions by regulating individual professionals. The GOC has four core functions: • setting standards for optical education and training, performance and conduct • approving qualifications leading to registration • maintaining a register of individuals who are qualified and fit to practise, train or carry on business as optometrists and dispensing opticians • investigating and acting where registrants’ fitness to practise, train or carry on business is impaired