Useful Contacts
Disclosure Scotland
Disclosure Scotland helps employers make safer decisions when they’re recruiting people.
General Optical Council
GOC are regulator for the optical professions in the UK. They currently register around 30,000 optometrists, dispensing opticians, student optometrists and dispensing opticians, and optical businesses.
Find out more at General Optical Council.
Health Board Contacts for Registration
Contacts to register for all Health Boards can be found by logging into eyes.scot
NHS Education for Scotland – Optometry
NES Optometry exists to up-skill community eyecare teams, who provide NHS care under the General Ophthalmic Services (GOS) contract, to enable them to provide high quality eyecare and to improve the ocular health of patients throughout Scotland.
NSS IT External Portal
Log in to the NSS IT External Portal make Requests and Report Incidents. An nhs.scot account is required.
UK Optical Bodies
Competency Certificate
Step by step guide in chronological order for:
1) Pre-registration optometrists applying for listing with Health Boards in Scotland
2) Advice for optometrists not qualified in Scotland who are applying for listing with Health Boards in Scotland
Find our guidance here.
Education and Career Pathways
Independent Prescribing for Optometrists
Find out more information on Independent Prescribing here.
GOS Mandatory Training
Find out more about GOS Mandatory Training here.
NESGAT
NESGAT (NES Glaucoma Award Training) is a programme of accredited education and training in glaucoma management, delivered by NES Optometry.
Find out more here.