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FMO chief executive resigns
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The FMO has announced that chief executive Kevin Gutsell is to step down from the organisation for personal reasons.
Barry Dibble, FMO chairman, said: "It is with sadness that I have accepted Kevin's resignation after eight months in the role. His reasons for doing so are entirely honourable and I respect this. Kevin has had a long and distinguished career in the optical industry and the FMO board of directors and I wish him well for the future."
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Public perceptions research
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New research commissioned by the General Optical Council (GOC) has shown high levels of confidence in, and satisfaction with, opticians among the public. However it also showed that opticians are seen as playing a narrow role in testing sight and improving vision rather than improving eye health more generally.
The independent research found that 96 per cent of those who had been to the opticians in the past two years were either very satisfied or fairly satisfied with their overall experience of opticians. A further 92 per cent of respondents were confident of receiving a high standard of care from opticians. This was higher than for GPs (88 per cent) and dentists (87 per cent), but slightly lower than for pharmacists (94 per cent).
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CET: six months to go…
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GOC registrants now have just six months to complete their requirement for the 2013 – 2015 period to ensure that they are not removed from the GOC register at the end of 2015.
Please note if you have already achieved or exceeded your overall points total by the end of 2014, you will still have the attain a minimum of 6 CET in 2015.
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DOs awarded European Academy of Optometry and Optics Fellowship
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Congratulations to Kevin Milsom, James Russell and Jo Underwood who were recently admitted to the European Academy of Optometry and Optics as Fellows. They are the first dispensing opticians to be awarded Academy Fellowship and they are now entitled to the prestigious FEAOO suffix.
Fellowships are awarded to Academy members - following a robust application and interview process - in recognition of their contribution to optometry and optics at a local, national and/or international level.
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Re:View - the ABDO College newsletter
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The June 2015 issue of Re:View features an interview with Debbie Gigg who has joined the ABDO College team as course coordinator for optical support programmes, as a result of the changeover in administration to the College of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers courses.
Also in this issue of Re:View there’s a profile feature on Scott McCallum and you can read his research relating to patient compliance with daily disposable and re-useable soft contact lenses.
ABDO College is attracting a steady increase in mature students and the ‘Top tips for study success as a mature student’ article, as well as providing useful information, highlights some truly inspirational stories.
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