Health services
The latest news about health services relating to eye care
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The resolution aims to address preventable sight loss and calls for new targets on eye care to be included in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
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Membership bodies across optometry and audiology, dentistry and pharmacy have called on the Government to ensure wider primary care professions “have a voice”
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Introduced to Parliament on 6 July, the Health and Care Bill would ensure each part of England has an Integrated Care Board and Integrated Care Partnership
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From sight test funding to mega mergers and the environmental impact of PPE, OT explores five issues facing the profession
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The targets aim to increase effective coverage of refractive error and cataract surgery by 2030
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The increase is the first boost to GOS funding since 2015
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A report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch has found that the absence of markings used to assist those with sight loss may have been a factor in the death
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AOP clinical director, Dr Peter Hampson, identified the possibilities for “exciting new clinical opportunities” for optometry, but also highlighted areas of the plans to monitor closely
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A maximum £500 bonus is being offered to primary care workers in Scotland, with a deadline for claims of 21 February 2021