Category: General News

Local MP champions role of optometrists in improving patient access
All of primary care, including opticians, play a pivotal role in promoting the health of my constituents.
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AOP and The College call for mandatory sight tests for drivers
The families who have lost loved ones are absolutely right to call for change.
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Transport service for cataract patients clocks up 10,000 journeys
Newmedica launched the service in April 2024, which has clocked up 10,000 journeys within 12 months
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LORDS press GOVERNMENT to tackle accident CRISIS killing 20,000 people EVERY YEAR
Human and economic cost of accidents debated in the House of Lords
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MP pledges to focus attention on special schools eye care service
Willow Dene and its Oakmere Road campus was one of the first schools to partner with SeeAbility
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The Ten Year NHS Plan a view from FODO
The government has set out one of the most ambitious strategies to transform one of our most complex institutions.
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Specsavers launches Men.Kind to champion male wellbeing
‘Men.Kind as a network group, can help play a significant role in improving the health and wellbeing of its members and their families.’
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Vulnerable patients less likely to be happy with eye care services, despite high public satisfaction
More people would turn to an opticians/optometrist practice for eye problems in the first instance
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Potential Contamination of Non-Sterile Alcohol-Free Skin Cleansing Wipes
UKHSA is investigating an outbreak of Burkholderia stabilis
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Comments from the Open Data Institute (ODI) and Sport England (backer of the ODI’s OpenActive project) on 10 Year Plan
OpenActive can be a big part of the evolution
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