Specsavers comment on new primary eye care report

Specsavers comment on new primary eye care report

Responding to the report, clinical services director at Specsavers Giles Edmonds said: ‘Community optometrists already play an absolutely critical role in caring for the nation’s eye health and supporting the NHS.

‘As this research highlights, we really are a vital part of the NHS but could do so much more to deliver care for patients closer to home and at a lower cost to the NHS. Detecting glaucoma and cataracts are just two examples where we make a difference. Specsavers has optometrists and clinical teams who are willing, have the skills and capability to do even more for our patients and work with our NHS hospital colleagues to reduce pressure on them.

‘To do this, Specsavers is actively supporting the continuing development of clinicians and their teams – for example through higher qualifications – to meet patient need now and into the future.

‘We also continue to work with colleagues across our sector to engage with government as part of Specsavers mission to change lives through better sight and hearing such as NHS-commissioned community urgent eye care and glaucoma services across the entire country.

‘We welcome this report as part of the debate around the future of eye health and will study its findings in more detail.