Clinical and regulatory
News on the latest clinical and regulatory developments impacting the UK optical sector
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Amendments to General Ophthalmic Services in Scotland will come into force on 1 October
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Thames Valley, Hampshire and West Midlands police are taking part in Brake’s driver vision campaign this month
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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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Petition launched to reinstate Ayr dispensing optician, Ian Jordan, after he was erased from the register by the General Optical Council
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An optometrist’s overturned conviction for gross negligence manslaughter will not be considered by the Supreme Court
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An optometrist who was convicted of gross negligence manslaughter following the death of a young patient has had her appeal heard
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Government agrees a rise in the fee paid to optometrists for providing Wales Eye Care Services
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DO starts a petition calling on the Government to do more on the vision standards of drivers
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A survey by Direct Line Car Insurance found that 21% of motorists who require vision correction ‘always’ drive without their spectacles or contact lenses