Moneo writes: Seize election day opportunity

While many will believe the current general election is and will continue to be dominated by the Brexit issue the fact remains this is still a general election with all the opportunities that go with it.

At the last general election some professional bodies issued guidance to their members as to what issues were vital to them in the future, especially within the NHS. Yet again our professional bodies did not see this as relevant, believing that they know what is best for all of us and assuming we could not possibly understand the ins and outs of optical politics. While other medical professionals were armed with a plethora of questions that enabled them to hold their candidates to account post the election we had nothing.