Health services

Statistics that would no longer be published under the plan include the number of NHS-funded sight tests carried out each year and the number of ophthalmic practitioners

The hospital has been recognised for its healthcare outcomes

Mark Waine was perplexed at the lack of feedback when he moved from Australia to practise as an optometrist in the UK. He speaks to OT 

The eye hospital has been nominated in the ‘Clinical services – healthcare outcomes’ category

AOP councillors, Kevin Wallace, Nadeen Joseph and Brian McKeown discuss how optometrists play a key role in reducing the pressure on secondary care in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

OT  finds out how joint working takes place in practice, in research and in education

A new National Artificial Intelligence Lab will bring together academics, specialists and technology companies

A 66-year-old patient who visited his optometrist with a piece of metal embedded in his eye received a telemedicine consultation as part of a new pilot

The director of programmes for the UK National Screening Committee speaks to OT  about reducing the burden of diabetes-related eye disease

How a low vision scheme run by Portsmouth Clinical Commissioning Group is helping to turn around the lives of older patients