GOC erases Slough based optometrist from register 

GOC erases Slough based optometrist from register

The General Optical Council (GOC), the UK regulator for optometrists and dispensing opticians, has decided to erase Omer Arshad, an optometrist based in Slough, from its register.

A GOC Fitness to Practise Committee found his fitness to practise impaired by reason of a criminal conviction. In May 2024, Mr Arshad was convicted of the possession of several still and moving indecent images of children contrary to section 160 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and s.1(1)(a) of the Protection of Children Act 1978.

Mr Arshad has until 19 September 2025 to appeal against his erasure, during which time he is under an immediate suspension order.