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New UK Eye Care Data Hub

27 January 2025

The College of Optometrists has led a sector-wide and UK-wide, multi-professional eye care workforce supply and demand data modelling project, called the UK Eye Care Data Hub.

More info can be found here:

https://www.college-optometrists.org/viewpoint/advancing-optometry/uk-eye-care-data-hub

Register for the Webinar

You can register here to join the UK Eye Care Data Hub webinar on Tuesday 25 February to learn how to use the tool to help understand the needs of patients and the current and future workforce available to meet those needs.

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