Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP visited his local Boots practice in The Gyle shopping centre, Edinburgh on Friday 21st February where he was welcomed by Practice Manager Carine Moore and regional lead for Scotland Joseph Duffy. Alex was shown around The Gyle practice and was given an overview of the services provided here including OCT. Optometry Scotland
Optometry Scotland says its sector is “uniquely disadvantaged” by the Scottish health budget as the only community health service facing a funding cut. The non profit-making organisation is urging the Scottish Government to rethink its budget plans and spend more on the country’s eye health. The budget sees a rise in overall health spending by
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). From the Scottish budget: “General Ophthalmic Services (GOS) Priorities To ensure regular,
We have issued our latest OS in Focus to tell you what we have been busy doing recently. You can view the full PDF here; Optometry Scotland in fOcuS – Feb 2020 Please use the contact details provided in the newsletter if you’d like any further clarification or would like any more information about the
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