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AOP welcomes Labour plan on primary care optometry

25 January 2024 | government, politics, health policy, optometry, optometrist, backlog, outpatient

In a keynote health policy speech at the Institute for Government (IfG) annual conference, Karin Smyth MP committed to working with primary care optometry to reduce hospital waiting times.

College of Optometrists responds to Labour’s partnership plans for eyecare

24 January 2024 | labour, optometry, politics, optometrist, health policy, MP, government

Shadow Health Minister, Karin Smyth MP, has outlined Labour’s plans to support improved eyecare services.

Inequities in access to education for blind and partially sighted children

21 June 2023 | Sight Scotland, RNIB, Education, Children, health policy

Leading Scottish vision impairment organisations call on Scottish Government to endorse new framework for vision impairment education.