Optometry Australia
Pilot to reduce intravitreal injection ‘drop out’ garners support
The Australian College of Optometry (ACO) is joining Optometry Australia (OA)’s call for a $1 million investment into a collaborative ...
Registrations now open for Optometry Virtually Connected
Registrations are now open for Optometry Australia (OA)’s annual national conference and product showcase, Optometry Virtually Connected. Taking place Friday ...
Optometry Australia calls for $22.6m over five years to improve access to eyecare
Optometry Australia (OA) is calling on the nation’s major political parties to take vision problems seriously and improve access to ...
Structural reform remains on Optometry Australia agenda as president steps down
Optometry Australia’s national president Mr Darrell Baker has stepped down after serving in the role since 2018, and retired from ...
New rules allowing optometrists to prescribe lifitegrast dry eye therapy
Australian optometrists will be able to prescribe dry eye therapy lifitegrast (Xiidra) from next month without the involvement of a ...
The mandate minefield – COVID vaccines for staff and patients
Policymakers are facing growing calls to mandate vaccines for health workers, as well as ancillary staff. But whether this will ...
Optometry’s latest move for expanded scope
In a new push for expanded scope-of-practice, Optometry Australia is calling for change in six areas – including oral medications ...
Optometrists asked to join national COVID-19 surge workforce
Optometrists are among 12 regulated health professions that authorities have recently approved to expand the nation's COVID-19 response workforce, which ...
A hard pill to swallow: oral medication prescribing rights for optometrists
Australian optometrists are not permitted to prescribe oral medication, in contrast to comparative countries where their counterparts have been prescribing ...