There has been no lack of support for dispensing opticians within Optician's pages and we were more than happy to air last week's call for recognition by Robert Longhurst.
Longhurst's empassioned plea for professional parity with optometrists hits at the very heart of the issues surrounding the role and status of dispensing opticians within retail optics.
Optician has a unique role in that it reports to, and educates, both optometrists and DOs. It has charted the progress, funding and status of both the professions. You would be hard-pressed to find anyone with anything negative to say about DOs or the role of DOs, so why is it that, in comparison to optometrists DOs have consistently come second best?
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