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Glaucoma and cataract CPD sessions for optometrists and dispensing opticians at 100% Optical
The importance of ophthalmology and optometry working together to transform care for patients with conditions such as cataracts and glaucoma will come under the spotlight at 100% Optical. NHS ophthalmology provider Newmedica is hosting a series of continuing professional development...Glaucoma UK announces winners of the 2025 ‘Excellence in Glaucoma Care Award’
27 March 2025
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Glaucoma UK, Annoucement, Winners 2025, Excellence in Glaucoma Care Award, optometrist, optometry
Glaucoma UK is delighted to announce the winners of this year's Excellence in Glaucoma Care Awards – Patrick (Paddy) Gunn from Manchester and Alex Gage Family Optometrists in Sheffield. This annual award celebrates individuals or teams who have made remarkable...
Shaping the future: The College of Optometrists holds AI in eyecare summit
22 April 2025
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AI, Artificiial intelligence, guidelines, policy, optometry, allied professions, optometrist
On 2 April, The College of Optometrists brought together leading experts, patient and public involvement representatives, policymakers and eye care professionals for its AI in Eye Care Summit. The Summit served as a collaborative platform where key stakeholders discussed and...
Bridging the gap – Supporting our patients across the primary / secondary care divide
1 June 2017
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EYE - General
Providing the best care for patients is surely a fundamental goal for all healthcare professionals. When waiting-times are long and getting longer, clinics are full, colleagues are off with stress-related illness and patients are complaining, is it possible to still...
Developing community eye care: the evolution of Wales’ eye care services
1 April 2020
| David O’Sullivan
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EYE - General
In the third in our series about community eye care in the home nations, David O’Sullivan explains how Wales has developed its community eye care services. Since the devolution of healthcare to Wales on 1 July 1999 [1], significant changes...
Optical practices to continue to provide urgent and essential care
25 March 2020
The UK Government has now published further guidance clarifying that opticians are exempt from the general requirement for retail businesses and premises to close.
Optical practices may therefore continue to provide urgent and essential eye care to the extent that they can, including remote care, while managing COVID-19 risk to keep patients, staff and the public as safe as possible.
Transferring imaging from primary to secondary care (part 1)
5 August 2020
| David Haider
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EYE - General
Transferring clinical imaging from high street optometrists to secondary care is an increasingly requested option, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. A wide variety of solutions exist to allow this, each with their own merits and shortcomings. For...
Primary care optometry poised to help demand on GPs
The 2023 GP Patient Survey (GPPS) published last week shows a decline in the number of patients reporting a good overall experience with their GP practice.AOP welcomes Labour plan on primary care optometry
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.GOC approves SPOKE Project 5 output
The General Optical Council (GOC) has approved the fifth output of the Sector Partnership for Optical Knowledge and Education (SPOKE). The output is now available to download from the College of Optometrists website.The challenges of rural optometry and how independent prescribing has helped
1 February 2017
| Ian Rough
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EYE - General
Why move from a busy professional independent Aberdeen optometry practice over 200 miles to one of the most remote places in the United Kingdom? I could talk about the professional challenge of supporting a rural community, or the chance to...
