College responds to the House of Lords Committee inquiry report

The Committee recognises the optometry workforce as key healthcare professionals trained to a very high standard and essential at identifying and treating conditions in primary care settings.

As the sole representative from the optical sector invited to provide oral evidence to the House of Lords, the College had the privilege of influencing the committee's work on behalf of the profession.

The government has a real opportunity to improve patients’ outcome and we look forward to working with them and NHS England to enable optometrists to provide more care to patients in their local community.