Health services

A new study has examined the scope of practice of optometrists working within the hospital eye service

Optometry Ireland has shared that 16,500 patients have been waiting more than a year for hospital eye care

Sunderland City Council has given plans to build a new purpose-built facility the go ahead

OT  talks with clinicians about how independent prescribing has changed their practice – and explores how the qualification can develop in the future

Camden Council has passed a resolution to approve planning permission for the Oriel project, which will integrate research and patient care in a new facility at the St Pancras Hospital site

Optometrists urge HSE to provide more care in the community as 40,000 patients wait for outpatient eye care

Peter Thomas, director of digital innovation for Moorfields Eye Hospital, on setting up the Department of Digital Medicine

Dr Martin Kuper, chief medical officer of London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, will take up the role later in 2021

Surgeons from Kings College Hospital have treated 15 patients at risk of losing their sight using Moorfields Eye Hospital facilities

Responses to the survey will help to illustrate the impact of COVID-19 on low vision assessment services in England, as well as informing service improvement