GDPR
General Advice & GDPR
R11.1.1 5.15 Section 14 of the GOC standards of practice for optometrists and dispensing opticians states that you must maintain confidentiality and respect your patients’ privacy. To summarise, you, and any staff that you employ, must keep all data that you hold about a patient confidential. This includes information held in all forms; written, electronic and verbal. These records must be securely stored and protected.
R11.1.2
Further information on patient records can be found here: Patient records – ABDO Clinical requirements for record keeping.
Updated 09/07/2025