View from Locsu: Revitalised commissioning

What’s in a name change? In February Locsu launched its Breakthrough Strategy. While the attention went on targets to make minor eye care conditions the norm in clinical commissioning groups and increase step-down care, the name change from optical leads to ‘commissioning leads’ went almost unnoticed.

But it was much more than a cosmetic change. The small team of Locsu leads are the commissioning elite of the optical profession – our special forces out in the commissioning field: surveying the CCG landscape, gathering intelligence, backing up LOCs in bids and tenders, highlighting best practice and success elsewhere. They bring a helicopter view and put commissioners in the cross hairs.