Clinical and regulatory
News on the latest clinical and regulatory developments impacting the UK optical sector
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Primary Eyecare Services is relaunching the service in the Vale of York and the North Yorkshire CCG areas, with practices asked to submit an expression of interest by 31 October
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Scottish optometrist and managing director of Cameron Optometry, Ian Cameron, discusses the General Ophthalmic Services changes that came into effect in Scotland earlier this month and why they are a positive step forward for the profession
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After a longstanding wage cap, 1.3 million NHS staff are set to receive a minimum pay rise of 6.5% over the next three years
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OT speaks to Scottish optometrist Kevin Wallace, and chair of Optometry Wales, Andrew Riley, about what it means to practise in different areas of the UK
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Capita says that all claims that were received on time containing the correct information have now been paid
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Eye drops for conjunctivitis, dry eye and hay fever will no longer be routinely prescribed under NHS proposals targeting “minor, short-term” conditions
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Tens of thousands of routine operations have been dropped to ease strain on the NHS as winter pressures bite
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The threshold for referral has increased from 22 to 24mmHg in new NICE glaucoma guidelines
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Primary care practitioners could be advised against prescribing lutein and antioxidants to new patients