Press release 19th July 2021 Easement of COVID-19 Restrictions Delivering Safe Eye Care The Association of British Dispensing Opticians and The College of Optometrists advises that practices should continue to operate in the amber phase and maintain high infection control standards this summer. Today marks the lifting of further lockdown restrictions across many parts
Here you can find the link to the PCA issued 6th July 2021, regarding: This letter advises on the following: IPC guidance, including the use of gloves and aprons in the medium risk pathway; PPE funding; Staff wellbeing; Workforce Specialist Service; £500 non-consolidated payment – claims for locums and sessional paid staff; Patient / patient
Angela Carson (nee Beirne) Obituary [1953-2021] Angela Carson (nee Beirne) was born in South Glasgow in 1953, one of four siblings. The family moved to Kirkintilloch in North Glasgow soon after where Angela attended school. Glasgow meant a lot to Angela, and she chose to live and work in the city for most of her
GOC appoints Frank Munro, OS Policy Advisor and Executive Committee member, as new registrant Council member General Optical Council press release, 5 July 2021 GOC appoints Frank Munro as new registrant Council member The General Optical Council (GOC) has appointed Frank Munro as the new Scottish registrant Council member beginning today. Frank is a practising optometrist
OS Blog June 2021 Spotlight On: Ian Jarvis, principal optometrist and owner of Jarvis Optometrist in Dundee We caught up with Ian Jarvis, a member of OS’s Executive Committee and independents representative for members in Tayside. The height of the COVID pandemic was one of the busiest periods the OS Executive has experienced as it