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<p>Providers of laser eye surgery are required to register with the Care Quality Commission
(CQC), as this is a regulated activity. All providers of regulated activities under
the Health and Social Care Act 2008 must be registered with the Care Quality Commission
and meet the new fundamental standards of safety and quality that came into force
on 1 April this year. The CQC has a range of enforcement actions that it can take
if providers do not meet the fundamental standards.</p><br /><p>Doctors performing
laser eye surgery in the United Kingdom must also be registered with the General Medical
Council (GMC). All registered doctors are expected to be familiar with the GMC’s publication
Good medical practice and supporting guidance, which describes what is expected of
them. This document makes clear that medical doctors must recognise and work within
the limits of their competence.</p><br /><p>It has now been agreed that work to improve
the delivery, safety and standards for patient information for laser eye surgery will
be taken forward separately from the work to implement the Keogh Review, and that,
as the professional body for setting the standards of practice for refractive procedures,
the Royal College of Ophthalmologists will lead on this work.</p>
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