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Improving primary and secondary care relationships

Fionnuala Stott, optometrist and chair of Cheshire LOC, and Kate Ness, ophthalmology manager at Mid Cheshire NHS Foundation Trust, tell OT about a mutually beneficial relationship that is improving referral pathways for services including cataracts

NHS and health

03 Oct 11 min read

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A conversation about...

Improving primary and secondary care relationships

The challenges and opportunities of leadership

Using IP to future-proof your optometry practice

Effective low vision services

Working as a mental health champion in practice

Myopia management funding

Setting up IP placements in Gloucestershire

Establishing an out of hours homeless service in Bristol

The value of MP practice visits and the need for locally commissioned MECS

Future gazing: what will optometry look like in five years’ time?

Promoting the Easy Eye Care Pathway to patients and practices

Peer learning across practice and Hakim HQ

How shared care relationships can revolutionise eye care

Reaching Deaf patients through British Sign Language

Negotiating on behalf of the optometry profession

What I have learned

"Becoming a mentor enriches your own life as well as that of your mentees"

“It’s a learning process for both of us”

Empowering LGBTQIA+ colleagues to bring their authentic selves to work

“The trial is all about trying to reduce the burden on the NHS”

“Having an opticians in-store makes our customers’ lives easier”

Making the move to domiciliary

Peer learning goes virtual: dinner, a comfy seat and “professional craic”

“Everybody was pulling in the same direction”