Month: February 2020

An update on the Scottish Budget 2020/21 was presented this afternoon by Kate Forbes MSP (Minister for Public Finance and Digital Economy; SNP, Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch). Under the draft proposals the GOS budget is set to increase from £108.4m (2019-20) to £109.5m (2020-21) representing a 1% increase. From the Scottish budget: “General Ophthalmic Services (GOS)

OS hosted a pizza night at Glasgow Caledonian University to speak to the optometry students about free Optometry Scotland membership! Optometrist and representative for Boots on the OS Executive Committee Lauren Field presented a talk which encouraged the uptake of the free membership and highlighted the ways in which OS can benefit them. Optometry Scotland