Specsavers partners prepare to raise clinical profile

Leaders at Specsavers have told thousands of its partners to be ready to alleviate growing pressures on the NHS.

More than 1,200 Specsavers store partners and support staff heard about the group’s vision for the future at its annual seminar at the Birmingham ICC on November 28.

Professor Harrison Weisinger, who also presented at Specsavers’ Professional Advancement Committee meeting in October, said Specsavers was well-equipped to help take the strain from hospitals.

He said: ‘Hospital eye department budgets are driving more primary care to the high street and advancements in technology are going to allow optometrists to do this work.’

Prof Weisinger also warned that some of the developments in auto-refraction could end up replacing opticians if practitioners failed to keep up with customer trends.