Optical organisations

The latest annual report from the Local Optical Committee Support Unit has revealed that 71% of local optical committees have a MECS service

Professor Padmaja Sankardurg appointed to the newly-created role

Organisations have met in Singapore to talk about myopia strategies

The organisation has highlighted that 41,600 people were on the outpatient eye care waiting list in Ireland at the end of August

The group will focus on strategic planning, provision and commissioning of eye health care services in order to improve access to care

If optometry is the brand, then the Local Optical Committee Support Unit is the product development team, Richard Whittington tells OT 

The NHS sight test fee will remain unchanged, although there will be a slight (1%) increase in CET fees and grants for pre-registration optometrists

Redesign expert who helped shift 6000 HES appointments into community within project’s first year appointed as director of ophthalmology

OFNC chair, Trevor Warburton, talks with OT  about steps forward in a pioneering IT project

The importance of enhancing the credibility of Primary Eyecare Companies through consolidation was highlighted at the National Optical Conference