Letter: What do we want?

I read with interest your comments and those of Frank Norville in last week’s Optician. As the immediate past chairman of the Optical Confederation (OC) I felt compelled to add weight to the points made by Frank Norville.

I do not believe my OC colleagues will be offended if I make it clear that I did not stand down as chair because I lacked either the drive or initiative to pursue the changes needed in the way the OC is both structured and operate, but simply that I quickly realised the role of an independent chair is a wholly impossible task until there is a genuine thirst for change. The sector does need a ‘single voice’ and there are some huge elephants in the room that must be addressed but the first step in the process of change is the want for change.