Representative bodies across primary care joined forces to call for the Health and Care Bill to ensure the professions are represented in new decision-making structures

The initiative with Plastic Bank offsets the weight of plastic in every pack of CooperVision’s one-day contact lenses distributed in the UK and Ireland with credits funding the reprocessing of plastic waste

MPs debated eye health and macular disease at a Westminster Hall debate on 11 January

With the Health and Care Bill up for discussion in the House of Lords, and delays in the proposed transition to Integrated Care Systems, OT  considered what the changes could mean for the profession

How the pandemic has amplified people’s willingness to help others

Sally Litchfield, head of people at Hakim Group, on how the pandemic has cemented the group’s culture of enhancing team members’ happiness at work

Three challenges for domiciliary optometry in the wake of Omicron

Pam Robertson, IP optometrist and director of Angus Optix in Forfar, on a triage system that ensured smooth sailing during the pandemic

Optometrists may return to work after five days of self-isolation provided a series of conditions are met

Optometrists Rukaiya Anwar and Harry Singh have become council associates at the optical regulator