FODO Group Director David Hewlett discusses the concepts of Speaking Up and whistleblowing in a podcast.

Voting for the Association of Optometrists (AOP) Council elections opens on Friday 12 March.

Many in the sector had responded to our call for evidence on the impact of the new lockdown, demonstrating that targeted support was needed. We proposed a targeted safety net scheme to support practices which had seen a fall of 50% or more in GOS activity.

The Department of Health (DoH) is changing its PPE scheme to a self-procurement model with reimbursement.

“The challenge now is to establish the detail of how the ESR is implemented, to achieve a safe transition to new arrangements says College President

COVID-19 has caused major interruptions in education and child health services. This has meant that Child Vision Screening services have been delayed, postponed or cancelled for some of the children who started Reception Years

The Health Care and Professions Council (HCPC) regulates fifteen different professions; some of these are large groups like Physiotherapists and some are much smaller such as Speech and Language Therapists (SLT).

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 General Optical Council (GOC) has announced Dr Anne Wright CBE as Chair of Council. Dr Wright will follow Gareth Hadley OBE who has been Chair for eight years.