The ‘world’s biggest quango,’ is no more. Sir Keir Starmer’s recent announcement that NHS England (NHSE) will be scrapped, means control of healthcare will transition back to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
As this week’s In Focus attests, there aren’t many from the optical sector shedding a tear over its demise. But as much as the buck will now stop with the government when it comes to how the NHS is run, the optometric sector’s bodies must also step up to the plate and deliver. For the profession and for their members.
The hard work put in by the sector’s associations and lobbyists in recent years to promote the role of optometry in primary care to key figures, in opposition and now government, needs to be capitalised upon. On the face of it, there seems to be real potential for a reset that can create lasting change in how eye care is delivered, not just a few extra quid on GOS.
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