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We keep our members up to date on our ongoing activity through our website, our Activity Report and regular email communication, as well as by attending events and meetings.

Our website informs Optometrists, Dispensing Opticians and Patients.

If you have any media enquiries please contact Emma Kellacher at the Optometry Scotland office.

emma.kellacher@optometryscotland.org.uk

News

11/11/2019

All Eyes on Community Opticians as Health Secretary Visits Kilmarnock

Frontline eyecare services were in focus today as Scotland’s Health Secretary Jeane Freeman visited one of OS newest members. Ms Freeman was in Kilmarnock to meet with the team at Urquhart Opticians, the award-winning group whose heritage dates back more than a century and today offers state-of-the-art eyecare services to patients across Ayrshire. The group is

07/11/2019

Newsflash! Scottish Health Awards Finalists

The finalists for this years Optometrist award at the Scottish Health Awards have been revealed! Here you can see information on the three shortlisted finalists; Scottish Health Awards 2019 Finalists Newsflash Congratulations to everyone who was nominated and to the three shortlisted optometrists, we are delighted to be sponsoring this award.

14/10/2019

Scottish Optical Conference 2019

There are still spaces available for this year’s SOC on Sunday 24th November in Glasgow’s Radison Blu hotel. SOC Glasgow 19 advert Here you can see the final program; socglasgow19 For more information or to book visit; http://www.soc.scot/ CW_Optometry Scotland Leaflet SOC

Optometry Services in Scotland

Community Eyecare

Community eyecare saved the NHS £71million in 2016/17

Primary Examinations

1.8 million primary eye examinations completed in Scotland in 2016/17

Supplementary Exams

471,000 supplementary eye exams were carried out in 2016/17 (300% increase since pre-2006)

Issues Managed

Over 1 million eye issues managed as part of a primary eye examination in 2016/17

Eye Emergencies

Over 66% of supplementary eye exams carried out in the community are related to eye emergencies

Retained

Over 80% of eye emergencies were retained in the community setting in 2016/17, Vs 35% pre-General Ophthalmic Services (GOS)

Community Optometry

Community optometry stops over 370,000 people from attending hospital for eye issues per year

Acute Conditions

Over 80% of acute eye conditions were managed by optometrists in 2016/17, Vs 25% pre-GOS