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The future has

already begun –

see what it means

Throughout the UK, FODO members are the leading primary eye
care providers. Each year our members provide over 18 million eye
examinations and are already delivering enhanced eye care services
to millions of people.

We now want everybody in the UK to benefit from primary eye
care, ending the postcode lottery.

We must, therefore, challenge the myths that there are legislative
or regulatory barriers preventing the change that patients need to
see at a national level.
We can do what we need to within the existing legal and
commissioning frameworks. Where changes would benefit
patients, for example, tackling barriers to NHS eye care for
homeless people and people eligible for domiciliary care, the
regulatory change required is easy to do.

Our members in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
demonstrate models of primary eye care that have been shown to
work and prove there is no need to delay transformation via pilots
or proof of concept sites. This work has already been done –
now is the time to roll out best practice and to end unwarranted
variation in access and outcomes for all patients.

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