In Focus: Consulting and reviewing
A recent GOC consultation has prompted criticism from ABDO. Yiannis Kotoulas reports
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In Focus: Complaint mediation
In Focus: Complaint mediation
Jennie Jones tells Andrew McClean how the OCCS has increased awareness of the ...
Covid: Evolving eye care
Covid: Evolving eye care
Mike Hale speaks to three independent practices about lockdown experiences, ...
Preparing children for visits
Preparing children for visits
Clinical adviser at the College of Optometrists, Daniel Hardiman-McCartney, ...
In Focus: Speaking as one
In Focus: Speaking as one
Locsu’s annual report for 2018-19 notes how the optical sector must be well ...
A world turned upside down
In Focus: A world turned upside down
Anxiety has increased and independence has decreased during lockdown for blind ...
Review row resurfaces
In focus: Review row resurfaces
ABDO and the GOC have once again locked horns over the regulator’s ...
Anti-GOC petition created
In Focus: Petition gathers steam
Yiannis Kotoulas reports on a recent petition calling for an investigation into ...
Confusion as services expand
In Focus: Confusion as practices expand services
Optical practices in England have this week set out on the road to recovery, ...
Chief concerns for BCLA’s new executive
BCLA's new chief executive
Yiannis Kotoulas talks to Luke Stevens-Burt, the BCLA’s recently appointed chief executive, about his plans for the association
In focus: Commissioning Cues
In focus: Commissioning Cues
Richard Whittington and Zoe Richmond tell Andrew McClean how Locsu developed Cues to help practitioners deliver emergency and urgent eye care services during Covid-19
In focus: European examples
In focus: European examples
Yiannis Kotoulas looks to Europe for examples of how optical practices might reopen in the UK
In focus: Turning the system on its head
In focus: AIO manifesto
Christian French tells Andrew McClean about the AIO’s manifesto for a national system of eye care provision
In focus: Post-pandemic manifesto
Post-pandemic manifesto
A manifesto for the future of eye care services has been launched in anticipation of a backlog of patients requiring treatment after coronavirus. Andrew McClean reports on how the AIO thinks primary care optometry can help
In focus: Testing times for testing fee negotiators
Testing times for the OFNC
A letter from the OFNC in response to the government’s decision to freeze GOS sight testing fees shows an increasingly fractious relationship. Simon Jones reports
In focus: Surviving the crisis
In focus: Surviving the crisis
The independent opticians’ business association, SightCare, hosted a webinar to discuss the future of optometry in relation to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. Yiannis Kotoulas reports
The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers
The Worshipful Company
Ian Davies looks at the history, purpose and function of a livery company that has been at the core of UK eye care for nearly four centuries
In focus: Tackling coronavirus together
Tackling coronavirus together
A network has been set up to provide guidance and support to optometrists during the coronavirus situation. Andrew McClean speaks to Imran Hakim about what strategy practices should adopt
CET feedback: Trauma interactive
Feedback: Trauma interactive
Bill Harvey and Stanley Keys offer feedback on our recent interactive CET exercise looking at the best approach to managing ocular trauma presenting in primary care practice (C74535)
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