Our aims are to ensure that optometrists' skills are constantly developed to meet new models of eye care and improve patient outcomes.
We all have the opportunity to ensure the 10 Year Health Plan for the NHS recognises the central role optometrists play in leading and delivering new models of care to improve patient outcomes.
Standards and guidance for non-medical eye healthcare professionals to deliver patient care in a multidisciplinary team setting.
Abstracts from the online Women in Vision UK Annual Meeting 2022 are presented.
A message from Leon Davies, College President
Expanded Optometry Tomorrow 2024 offers a bumper weekend of lectures and hands-on workshops for eye care professionals.
The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan recognises the knowledge and skills of eye care providers in alleviating the pressures in the eye care service.
College Clinical Adviser gives evidence to the House of Lords Integration of Primary and Community Care Committee.
In the third part of our series on ageing, Anna Scott discovers how older populations with poor eye health affect supply and demand in the optometry profession.
Three optometrists talk about the skills and experience needed to become an effective supervisor.
College President Professor Leon Davies FCOptom represented the College at the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Eye Health and Visual Impairment this week.
Kathy Oxtoby looks at the role of the Physician Associate – and why one might be contacting an optometrist soon.
The General Optical Council (GOC) has presented a draft response to its call for evidence on the need for change to the Opticians Act (1989) and the consultation on associated GOC policies to its Council.
We are looking to commission a suitable organisation or individual to conduct a sector-wide and UK-wide, multi-professional eye care workforce supply and demand data modelling project.
Becky McCall asks how shifts in working practices caused by the COVID-19 pandemic might change the ophthalmic services workforce.