Home care under review

Employers' body FODO has formed a new committee to look after the interests of domiciliary eye care providers, chaired by managing director of the optical division of Healthcall, Jayne Rawlinson.
The group is to compile detailed statistics about provision in this area, and the committee will look at the possibilities for developing working protocols for domiciliary sight tests and dispensings.
FODO executive director Bob Hughes said: 'In the expected regulatory review, we will be arguing for provision to be made available to the estimated half a million elderly people living in their own homes, who need eye care yet are currently excluded.'