Policy & regulation

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...

The 2024 Medical Training Survey has revealed systemic and cultural issues persist, as “an unacceptably high number of doctors in...