Policy & regulation

Optometry Australia (OA) says there is still work to be done despite the Federal Government implementing a number of recommendations...

New Zealand’s Commerce Commission has issued a compliance advice letter to RANZCO, following an investigation into concerns the college sought...

A new report says allowing optometrists to prescribe oral medicines for ocular conditions could save the Australian health budget $50...

Workloads on RANZCO trainees continue to weigh heavily, according to the latest 2024 Medical Training Survey (MTS), with the average...

Medicare has played a vital role in supporting relatively good community access to optometric care for decades. The structure of...

American doctors have documented 84 hearing-related adverse events in patients taking teprotumumab (Tepezza) for thyroid eye disease, a treatment which...

Ophthalmic device distributor BOC Instruments has received TGA registration for its new RetiCam 3100 Plus wide-field fundus camera. In a...

Insight regularly publishes inspiring stories of charitable work and outreach programs. The eyecare sector is a generous one, but is...

A controversial intravitreal injection (IVI) policy shift will force some macular disease patients into paying out-of-pocket costs they haven’t previously...

Federal Health Minister Mr Mark Butler has vowed to stop insurance companies using “loopholes” and unfair practices to charge people...