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News from Optometry Ireland

Eye-care Waiting Lists Unacceptable at 42,300. Optometrists can get eye patients seen sooner.

Eye-care Waiting Lists Unacceptable at 42,300 Optometrists can get eye patients seen sooner Optometrists today warned that the waiting list for eye-care remains unacceptably high at more than 42,300 – andsaid they have available capacity to get more patients seen sooner. National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) figures to December 2022 show 33,268 people were on…

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Optometry Ireland today announced a new President – who stated her commitment to achieving better eye care for children in Ireland.

Optometry Ireland today announced a new President – who stated her commitment to achieving better eye care for children in Ireland. The new Optometry Ireland (OI) President is Tania Constable, a specialist in children’s eye-care who has been working within the HSE (and CHI@Temple street) for the last five years. (Photo of Tania Constable attached.)…

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