Category: General News
Eyecare advice is provided as children go back to school
Parents are concerned about their child’s time spent on screens but view new shoes as ‘more important’ than eye tests for back to school.
Read More..1.1 billion people live with vision loss and 90% of vision loss is preventable or treatable.
There are 1.1 billion people globally with vision loss and 2 to 3 billion more people need ongoing access to services to optimise their vision and ability to function in society.
Read More..Save the Date for National Eye Health Week 2021
Eye Health UK announces National Eye Health Week 2021 (NEHW) will run from 20 to 26 September.
Read More..Students gear up for up for Optoversity challenge on 21 march
Optometry students are gearing up for Out of the Box Optoversity Challenge, when they will test their knowledge against others in the same year group across the UK at the online event: Sunday 21st March.
Read More..West Midlands health and social care teams awarded innovation and improvement funding
Six health and social care teams from across the West Midlands have been awarded up to £10,000 in funding from the West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN).
Read More..David Probert to take on CEO role at University College London Hospitals
David Probert, chief executive at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, has announced today that he is to leave his role
Read More..Hewlett, Health Analyst for FODO, reflects on the Global Eye Health: vision beyond 2020
This week The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health: vision beyond 2020 was published, highlighting just now much more we must do, with over a billion people estimated to have a vision impairment in 2020.
Read More..AIO Challenges the DVLA
The Association for Independent Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians (AIO) has challenged the DVLA
Read More..Porthcawl optometrist helps ease pressure on the NHS
People in Porthcawl no longer need to visit their GP to get a prescription for eye medication,
Read More..AIO calls for Independent Review of the DVLA contract award to Specsavers
AIO has called for an Independent Review of the tender process by which Specsavers was awarded the DVLA contract in late 2019.
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