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Follow-up care can be delivered to patients closer to home by community optometrists, a new report states

OT  visited two practices in Wolverhampton to find out how MECS benefits patients and the reputation of optometry

Jeane Freeman visits Urquhart Opticians in Kilmarnock

GOC analysis highlights that while risk within the optical professions is low compared to other healthcare professions, it could increase in the future

Devon LOC’s chair, Max Halford, and its business manager Jonathan Drew, share advice for practices interested in offering enhanced services

An update on Northern Ireland’s 10-year plan has emphasised the role of optometrists in easing pressure on the hospital eye service

Optometrist and chairman of BBR Optometry, Nick Rumney, discusses how the eye emergency pack produced by Stanley Keys helps his whole practice team with enhanced schemes

Optometrists can find out more about the course at a launch event on 9 May at the Museum of the Order of St John

The Welsh Government made the decision after consulting with Optometry Wales, the EHEW clinical lead and ABDO

What constitutes a good referral or a good reason not to refer? Dr Scott Mackie explores his experience of the realities and pitfalls