DOCET Council

The DOCET Council meets twice a year to set and monitor the strategic direction of DOCET and to ensure that its objectives are being met.  The DOCET Council delegates responsibility for day-to-day management and monitoring of operational and financial aspects of DOCET activity to the DOCET Executive Committee. 

Membership of the DOCET Council:

Chairman (College of Optometrists): 

Sanjay Patel

College of Optometrists (4 representatives):

Sue Wilford (Vice-Chair), Omar Hassan, Jane Macnaughton, Clare Harrington

Association of Optometrists (AOP) (2 representatives):

Ruth Cuthbert, Nadeem Rob

Federation of Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians (FODO) - 2 representatives:

Dawn Roberts, Jim Farrell

British Universities Committee of Optometry (BUCO) - 1 representative:

David Thomson

Department of Health, England (DH) - 2 representatives:

Derek Busby, Fred Giltrow-Tyler

NHS Education Scotland (NES) - 1 representative:

Janet Pooley

Health & Social Services Department, Northern Ireland (H&SSNI) - 1 representative:

Margaret McMullan/Fiona North

Welsh Assembly - 1 representative:

Claire Hyndman

Optometry Scotland (OS) - 1 representative:

Stephen McPherson

Northern Ireland Optometry Society (NIOS) - 1 representative:

Fergus Bain

Optometry Wales - 1 representative:

Gwyneth Morgan

 

In attendance:

Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) - 1 representative:

Keith Cavaye

DOCET Training Advisers:

Geoff Roberson, Philippa Shaw

Director of Education, College of Optometrists:

Jackie Martin

Director of Finance, College of Optometrists:

Andrew Lane

DOCET Co-ordinator, College of Optometrists:

Lucy Smith

also attending: DOCET Finance Co-ordinator, DOCET Administrator, and Executive Assistant to Director of Education (minuting)