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ONI are delighted to announce that prior to our AGM, Professor Augusto Azuara-Blanco will speak for 20 minutes on an exciting  project which has started in Northern Ireland. Professor Azuara [...]

  The Annual General Meeting of Optometry Northern Ireland will take place at 7.30pm on Wednesday 29 May at the Stormont Hotel.  Refreshments will be available from 7.00pm onwards. This year [...]

It is great to see that so many of our members are now set up to view Northern Ireland Electronic Care Record (NIECR).  Following Practice training delivered last year, ONI would like to draw [...]

Department announces new regional centres for cataracts and varicose veins   An important landmark in the reorganisation of NI hospital services has today been reached, with the announcement [...]

LOCAL ENHANCED SERVICES: Glaucoma Care Pathway  In March 2018 the health and Social Care Board issued a Glaucoma Care Pathway update to all GOS contractor practices, and individual optometrists [...]

The number of Optometry practices using CCG to generate electronic referrals direct to secondary care Health and Social Care Trusts continues to increase. As of the end of April 2018, 219 GOS [...]

                                                    The Annual [...]

NI PEARS – For Attention of Optometric Contractors in Belfast and the Western LCGs The HSCB has secured funding to provide MECS training and assessment through the Ulster University to [...]

The PHA (Public Health Agency) who commission the Diabetic Eye Screening Programme [DESP] service in Northern Ireland are reviewing the provision of DESP in NI and are currently exploring various [...]

The AOP are asking members to “get behind the wheel” in their latest “Don’t Swerve a Sight Test” campaign. Next week is Road Safety Awareness Week – [...]