Viewpoint: Future in our hands

Our new government is going to save the NHS – again! Okay, so that is where the sarcasm and cynicism will end, hopefully. We all have our own views of the state of the NHS and, no doubt, we have our own views on how we have been treated historically by previous governments.

Today, I would like to approach this latest shuffling of the deck with an element of realism. However, it is not going to be easy. The noises we have heard to date about future provision of eye care services may sound optimistic to some but maybe it is an opportune time, at the start of this process, for a bit of a reality check.