Health services

The AOP has warned that optometry could see similar access problems in the future if GOS fees fail to rise

The number of people who have waited two years or more for elective treatment has reduced from 22,500 at the start of the year to 2777

With integrated care systems established since 1 July, OT  asks: where we are now in the transition, what the changes have involved, and what comes next?

Contractors in England can once again claim CET grants for 2021–2022, after a processing error was fixed

NHS England has appointed the medical director of Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as its first ever national clinical director for eye care

An increased number of healthcare professionals will now be able to complete medical questionnaires that were previously restricted to doctors, the DVLA has announced

The AOP has made NHS England aware that payments are being received at last year’s rate of £584 rather than this year’s rate of £596

The AOP is asking for members' views on accessing PPE through the NHS Supply Chain if a charge is introduced in 2023

With cataract surgery waiting times in Northern Ireland measured in years, OT  investigates the impact of delays on patients and the optometrists who care for them

OT  finds out about advances in hospital optometry with principal optometrist for education and training at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Paddy Gunn