Lucy Miller
Deputy Editor at Optometry Today
Deputy editor @OptometryToday, with interest in small business, healthcare policy, and education. Big fan of reproductive justice. Rewriting a novel, slowly.
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1 week ago |
aop.org.uk | Lucy Miller
Orthoptists should be allowed to perform eye examinations to ease ophthalmology waiting lists, the British and Irish Orthoptic Society (BIOS) has said. BIOS is urging the General Optical Council (GOC) to review regulations on who can perform a sight test and prescribe glasses, allowing orthoptists to be named within the Opticians Act.
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1 week ago |
aop.org.uk | Lucy Miller
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) should provide more support for those on the lowest incomes to access NHS eye care, Healthwatch England said today. The call comes after a new report found that the cost of eye care is deterring the public from visiting optometry practices. The Seeing clearly: Attending sight tests and accessing opticians report was published today (17 April).
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1 week ago |
aop.org.uk | Lucy Miller
Achieving better outcomes for glaucoma patients with cataracts was the theme of Specsavers and Glaucoma UKs' Main Stage lecture on the Sunday of 100% Optical (2 March). Giles Edmonds, clinical services director at Specsavers, and Paul Morris, the multiple's director of professional advancement, were joined by consultant ophthalmic surgeon Nishani Amerasinghe for the presentation. Amerasinghe is a former president of the UK and Éire Glaucoma Society.
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1 week ago |
aop.org.uk | Lucy Miller
More than 200 people experiencing homelessness have received free glasses as part of a year-long Specsavers and Vision Care for Homeless People (VCHP) pilot. The pilot saw spectacles dispensed in 16 homeless centres, in York, Scarborough, Huddersfield, Bradford, Wakefield, Bridlington, and Leeds. In total, 271 people received eye care, with 231 benefiting from new glasses. The work was carried out by optometrists from Specsavers' Bradford and York Home Visits teams.
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2 weeks ago |
aop.org.uk | Lucy Miller
The Local Optical Committee Support Unit (LOCSU) has reduced its levy from 0.5% to 0.4% for the next three years. The 20% reduction in the amount Local Optical Committees (LOCs) pay the organisation is part of LOCSU's 2025-2028 Strategic Plan, and will remain in place until April 2028. The reduction "recognises the financial pressures experienced by LOCs and local contractors, and the current financially driven NHS environment in which we all operate," LOCSU said.
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