Optician’s workplace survey is not the only research to uncover a desire for flexible working times and conditions among eye care professionals this year.
A long-awaited optical workforce study by the College of Optometrists identifies flexible working as the main career preference for both professional groups in the next five years, selected by 45.7% of optometrists and 35.6% of DOs.
The study also shows a substantial increase in the prevalence of locum working, with 17.5% of optometrists now working as locums, compared to 10.5% in 2010, when the College last analysed the optical workforce. Nine per cent of DOs now work as locums.
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