Perspectives

“The onus is on the provider to design their qualification as they see fit”

Samara Morgan, head of education development at the GOC, on how the regulator is supporting optometry schools to implement the new education training requirements

“Where the responsibility lies is a key question that needs to be answered though these developments”

“British healthcare has all the ingredients to flourish in a technologically-driven future”

“At the heart of it is always the people”

“More optometrists are required in the domiciliary optometry sector”

“The AOP wants to show the impact that optometrists have at every stage in a person’s life”

“As a profession we are more open to the idea of lifelong learning than ever before”

“At the end of the first year of the cycle, what should registrants have done?”

“We’re hoping Villa Vision will win further funding in order to enable us to continue this work”

Dr Rachel Shaw, health psychologist in Aston University’s Institute for Health & Neurodevelopment, and project lead on Villa Vision, shares insight into the programme that provides free sight tests to children in Birmingham schools

“The sector has significantly evolved since the Act was originally passed”

“We are not just doing it for show, it is about making changes for the collective good”

“Nothing in the Opticians Act will be changing tomorrow”

“We stepped in to try to help, assess and manage those patients”