GOC suspends Pembroke Dock based dispensing optician from register 

GOC suspends Pembroke Dock based dispensing optician from register

The General Optical Council (GOC), the UK regulator for optometrists and dispensing opticians, has decided to suspend Emily Gray, a dispensing optician based in Pembroke Dock in Wales, from its register for three months.

A GOC Fitness to Practise Committee found her fitness to practise impaired by reason of misconduct. This is in relation to ordering 140 trial contact lenses worth over £100 in stock value free of charge for an individual, stating said individual was a patient despite knowing there was no clinical record of this. The Committee found her actions to be dishonest.

Ms Gray has until 8 September 2025 to appeal against her suspension.