A new report highlights that community glaucoma services, when commissioned, can cut hospital eye visits by roughly 50%, potentially freeing up 300,000 hospital appointments in England.
Expand NHS community eye and hearing care to boost patient access
Health leaders are urging the government to build on successful models of local care models to improve access to care for patients and support economic growth.
Community optometry and audiology well placed to support NHS shift
Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting has signalled a shift for the NHS, moving from hospital-based care to high street services.
Tackling Glaucoma: Insights from Nishani Amerasinghe at 100% Optical
The past president of the UK and Éire Glaucoma Society will deliver a lecture titled ‘Achieving Better Outcomes in Glaucoma Patients with Cataracts’ at 100% Optical on Sunday 2 March.
Ministers urged to expand community optometry and audiology
Community optometry and audiology can play a pivotal role in achieving the vision of a neighbourhood health service.
Embracing optometrists and audiologists as ‘GPs of the eyes and ears’
Community optometry and audiology can play a pivotal role in achieving the vision of a neighbourhood health service.
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