Recently added articles from Optometry Today:
Ann Keen--the background.(NEWS)(Brief article)
Jul 13, 2007 ... THE NEW MINISTER for ophthalmic services was one of prime minister Gordon Brown's key workers when he was chancellor. Ann Keen was Parliamentary private secretary to the occupier of No 11 Downing Street, and now she has the chance to use her health background after her move from ...
Profession welcomes new ophthalmic services minister.(NEWS)(Brief article)
Jul 13, 2007 ... ANN KEEN MP, who has been appointed minister for ophthalmic services, has been welcomed by the profession to her new role. A former nurse, Ms Keen has represented Brentford and Isleworth since 1997, and was previously Parliamentary private secretary to Gordon Brown when he was ...
Margaret Packman.(NEWS)(Obituary)(Brief article)
Jul 13, 2007 ... MARGARET PACKMAN, the former AOP chairman and GOC Council member, died suddenly last week. She was 53. Ms Packman qualified in 1976, and spent over three decades working within, and serving, the profession. During this time she served as national chairman on the AOP during ...
How to energise your LOC.(NEWS)(local optical committee)(Brief article)
Jul 13, 2007 ... DOES your LOC have the skills to achieve its aims? If not a former finance director of the NHS, Janis Loose, will soon be able to help. Ms Loose has agreed to work for the LOC Central Support Unit, reports Blink. She ...
D&A agrees to recommend laser surgery group Ultralase.(NEWS)(Dollond & Aitchison Ltd.)(Brief article)
Jul 13, 2007 ... BRITAIN'S OLDEST High Street retail chain, optician group Dollond & Aitchison, has entered a 'groundbreaking new partnership' with a laser eye treatment firm. The 257 year old business has signed a preferred supplier deal with Ultralase, the Leeds-based laser group, which was ...
Royal opticians raided for second time in 18 months.(NEWS)(Brief article)
Jul 13, 2007 ... A WEST END-BASED opticians that is used by the Queen was targeted by thieves who stole over 25,000 [pounds sterling] worth of designer sunglasses. At least a dozen robbers on motorbikes raided the Roger Pope & Partners practice in London, getting away with frames worth up to 400 ...
Eastern problems for diabetics.(Brief article)
Jul 13, 2007 ... Massive backlogs' in optical screening in Norfolk mean that thousands of people risk blindness, it has been stated in the Eastern Daily Press (July 3). Health bosses in the region fear there could be as many as 4,000 patients on the waiting list after a dramatic rise in cases of diabetes, ...
OVCC raise pay issue at meeting.(Optical Voucher Consultative Committee)(Brief article)
Jul 13, 2007 ... The Optical Voucher Consultative Committee has met and discussed the differing ways in which GOS payments are made through payment agencies, with the agencies interpreting the regulations in different ways. ...
Shoplifter is jailed for five months.(Neil Edward Williams)(Brief article)
Jul 13, 2007 ... Shoplifter Neil Edward Williams, 32, was jailed by Birmingham magistrates for a total of five months for stealing six pairs of Gucci sunglasses worth 709 [pounds sterling] from Vision Express. The sentence, handed out on ...
Online applications for Queen's Awards opens.(NEWS)
Jul 13, 2007 ... APPLICATIONS are now being accepted for the 2008 Queen's Awards for Enterprise following the optical industry's success in this year's honours. For the first time organisers are inviting online applications through its website www.queensawards.org.uk. Two of last ...
Eyes right for SMC delegates on visit to regiment.(NEWS)(Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers; 16th Close Support Medical Regiment)(Brief article)
Jul 13, 2007 ... DELEGATES from the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers (SMC) were given a demonstration of battlefield medical techniques when they visited the SMC's adopted military regiment. The 16th ...
Our hopes and fears for Keen.(EDITOR'S COMMENT)(Ann Keen )
Jul 13, 2007; Challinor, David ... So it's goodbye Rosie, hello Ann. The departure of Tony Blair and, for our profession, Rosie Winterton, means a fresh start and a new name. It isn't every day we get a new minister for ophthalmic services, but hopes will be high that Ann Keen can help optometry more than her ...
Baker steps down from Boots after Pessina takeover.(NEWS)(Brief article)
Jul 13, 2007 ... RICHARD BAKER, the man responsible for the direction Boots has taken over the last few years, has decided to leave the business. According to a statement released on Wednesday (July 11) by the company the chief executive 'has decided to leave the business after discussing the ...
NHS review underway--again.(NEWS)(Brief article)
Jul 13, 2007 ... UNDER PRIME MINISTER Gordon Brown's government reshuffle, newly appointed health minister, Professor Ara Darzi has been commissioned to produce a wide-ranging review of the NHS, it has been announced. A week after his appointment, in a report that the surgeon produced for NHS ...
Celebrations as global group opens London flagship store.(NEWS)(Brief article)
Jul 13, 2007 ... HIGH-STREET frames chain Sunglass Hut celebrated the opening of its new London flagship store in Oxford Street on Monday (July 9) with a champagne reception for members of the press. Officially opened on July 2, a similar launch followed three days later exclusively attended by ...
AMO targets B&L.(NEWS)(Advanced Medical Optics Inc., Bausch & Lomb)(Brief article)
Jul 13, 2007 ... ADVANCED MEDICAL OPTICS has launched a bid to buy rival contact lens giant Bausch & Lomb, despite still struggling from its own costly product recall earlier in the year. The proposed $5.06bn merger, which was made on July 5, may break off ...
Higher mortality rate for AMD sufferer.(NEWS)(age-related macular degeneration )(Clinical report)
Jul 13, 2007 ... A NEW STUDY has hinted that older men and women who suffer from cataracts or age-related macular degeneration (AMD) face an increased risk of early death compared to older people without these conditions. However, researchers at Australia's University of Sydney are unsure of ...
Whiteboard optical warning is voiced by 'whistleblower'.(NEWS)
Jul 13, 2007 ... FEARS HAVE been voiced for children and teachers' eyesight when classes use interactive whiteboard presentations. Although millions of pounds are reported to have been spent installing the equipment into schools, the BBC has unearthed documents from the Health and Safety ...
PQE1 to go, reveals GOC.(NEWS)(General Optical Council, Professional Qualifying Exam 1)(Brief article)
Jul 13, 2007 ... THE GOC has agreed new arrangements for entry to the pre-registration period, which will mean an end to the current PQE1 (Professional Qualifying Exam) it has been announced. It comes after widespread concern at the low success rate in the exam. The aim is to give more support ...
RNIB funds AMD legal battle.(NEWS)(Royal National Institute for the Blind; age-related macular degeneration)(Brief article)
Jul 13, 2007 ... THE RNIB is funding a war veteran's legal battle against a PCT for what the charity claims is an illegal ban on providing sight-saving aid for wet AMD. Henley pensioner Dennis Devier, 84, is taking action against Oxfordshire PCT. The PCT claims to have a policy that considers ...
