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Members of the Docet team at the Optometry Tomorrow 2022 conference.

Optometrists today work in a rapidly changing professional environment. Keeping knowledge and skills up-to-date through continuing professional development (CPD) is essential to ensure that the services optometrists provide are fit for purpose and to assure the public of the continuing competence of practitioners. Completion of CPD is a mandatory requirement of the General Optical Council (GOC) and more information about the GOC’s CPD requirements can be found on the GOC website.

The Directorate of Optometric Continuing Education and Training (Docet) is a special Committee that was set up by the Department of Health in 1989 to oversee the management of government funds set aside for the provision of optometric continuing education and training for all UK registered optometrists. In June 2024, NHS Education Scotland (NES) withdrew the funding for Docet, and on 1 October 2024 all optometrists practising in Scotland have been suspended from accessing the Docet online resources. 

Docet produces and distributes award-winning remote CPD resources, including webinars, podcasts and digital multimedia courses. Visit the Docet Courses page to access the wide variety of available Docet training resources.

We would be delighted to receive feedback on the website or on any Docet resources - you can email us at enquiries@docet.info.

CPD Coordinator Grace Fagbenro, CPD Manager Bettina Noelle-Fox and Docet Administrator Chee Han Tang at Optometry Tomorrow 2022.

Contact us

• Email us at enquiries@docet.info
• Call us on 020 7839 6000 and ask for Docet
• Write to us at Docet, 42 Craven Street, London, WC2N 5NG