Optical Confederation loses policy expert

Mark Nevin has decided to leave his position representing three members of the Optical Confederation after four years helping to steer UK, Irish and European eye health and optical policy.

Nevin, director of policy and strategy at FODO, the FMO and the ACLM, worked as an optometrist for 10 years before retraining as an economist and then in public policy.

A statement said that over the last four years he had been one of the driving forces behind the Optical Confederation’s work on the NHS reforms, IT strategy, the regulation of optical businesses, public health, road safety and the establishment of FODO Ireland. This included managing a Clinical Consensus Panel on fluorescein strips last year. Nevin was also noted for work in Europe, as secretary of the Public Affairs and Economic Committee of the European Council for Optometry and Optics (ECOO).