Health services
The latest news about health services relating to eye care
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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
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MPs debated eye health and macular disease at a Westminster Hall debate on 11 January
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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
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Three challenges for domiciliary optometry in the wake of Omicron
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Optometrists may return to work after five days of self-isolation provided a series of conditions are met
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The Government has extended the provision of centralised, free personal protective equipment for primary care providers in England for another year
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Practices will be required to repay advance payments made in 2021 prompted by glitches in the rollout of a new paper GOS system
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A new GMC report has found the proportion of ophthalmology trainees at risk of burnout increased from 5% in 2019 to 13% in 2021
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Healthcare workers who test positive for COVID-19 may return to work after seven days of isolation if they return negative lateral flow tests
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The strain of the pandemic on primary and secondary care has brought to the fore the importance of seeing patients in the right place at the right time. OT explores the art of triage