More people tested for Covid-19 during this reporting week than ever before

A digital remote care solution including a mobile phone App is being used by Dudley CCG to help improve the care of patients at home with COVID.

Obituary. Rod Brindle

£500 Bonus to include community optometrists and their optometry practice teams, including administrative staff and practice managers. It also includes locums who meet the same criteria.

Essilor Ltd announce solid product satisfaction survey results for the latest generation of its adaptive lens, Transitions Signature Gen 8.

Proven Track Record has announced that its popular Independents Day business symposium is back for 2021, following a hiatus of over two years.

The Government’s reform plans for the NHS in England, which represent the most significant changes in a decade, offer opportunities for optometry but also carry some risks.

The proposed reforms cover significant changes to procurement regulations and competition rules in the NHS in England and provisions for ‘Henry VIII powers’ for the Secretary of State to make changes to professional regulation

The College of Optometrists has reviewed and updated its Guidance for Professional Practice. This is part of a routine update, which takes place every three years, to ensure it reflects advancements in technology, the current evidence base, new and revised legislation and wider cultural changes.

Responding to the approval by the General Optical Council (GOC) of new standards for qualification providers and new outcomes for students to achieve in order to register as a dispensing optician or optometrist, the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) welcomed the GOC’s decision that ….