A recorded webinar providing an update on Undergraduate Reforms from Scottish Government, NES, GCU and UHI. Please take some time to watch it here – Advancing Optometry Education in Scotland …
The final Cataract Surgery Standards document is now available for download from the Healthcare Improvement Scotland website. The supporting consultation summary report and EQIA are available on request. The standards …
The General Optical Council (GOC) held its final Council meeting of the year on 13 December 2023. The agenda included approving registrant fees for 2024-25 and the next steps for …
The College has published updated Guidance for Professional Practice for optometrists, including four new sections. The Guidance is the College of Optometrists’ view of good practice. Based on the General …
Registrants with a specialty, such as contact lens opticians and optometrists with prescribing rights, will now be able to obtain points in the specialty domain through self-directed Continuing Professional Development …
Please find below a letter from Paul Cushley, Chair National Primary Care PPE Group to Dental, Optometry and Pharmacy contractors, to confirm that the “at no costs” Personal Protective Equipment …
On Friday 24 November 2023 the MHRA published Device Safety Information (DSI) regarding a recall of specific batches of Carbomer Gel eye products as a precaution due to possible microbiological …
Practitioner Services Update – 17th November 2023 November is the last month for claims to be submitted for the CPD payment. Here is the most up to date information on …
NES have launched a new Optometry Foundation Training Year newsletter. Here NES will provide regular updates on their role supporting the reforms to undergraduate optometry education in Scotland and in …
GCU has an ambition for the new Ophthalmic Dispensing programme to broaden the appeal and to extend the range of skills available to Dispensing Opticians (DO), applicable everywhere but particularly …
