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Read the latest news and announcements from Primary Eyecare Services.

Improving Eye Care

Primary Eyecare Services (PES) Signs Letter in Support of Better Eye Care for People with Learning Disabilities

10 June 2022

PES is one of the signatories to a letter sent by the charity SeeAbility to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and Chief Executive of NHS England.

Dharmesh Patel quote

Transition to Integrated Care Systems

24 May 2022

The Health and Social care Bill has completed its journey through parliament and Integrated Care Systems with their respective boards (ICBs) will take legal responsibilities for local health systems on the 1st July 2022.

Janet Paraskeva

PES Appoints New Chair to the Board

17 May 2022

Primary Eyecare Services (PES) is pleased to announce the appointment of our new chair of the board, Rt Hon Dame Janet Paraskeva, DBE.

Rupesh Bagdai quote

PES Appoints New Lead Consultant Ophthalmologist

17 May 2022

Primary Eyecare Services  (PES) are pleased to announce the appointment of our new Lead Consultant Ophthalmologist, Anna Bhan.

Optometry First

Primary Eyecare Services To Be Lead Provider for Optometry First Early Adopters

7 March 2022

Primary Eyecare Services is delighted to be the lead provider for the first three areas to be selected as early adopters of the Optometry First model.

Case Study

Case Study Demonstrates the Success of Optometry-Led Single Point of Access Triage

3 March 2022

Primary Eyecare Services has worked with the NHS National Eyecare Recovery and Transformation Programme to produce a case study on the Single Point of Access clinical triage model.

EeRS

Electronic Eye Care Referral Service to Launch Across the Northwest region

14 February 2022

Primary Eyecare services (PES) is working with NHS Integrated Care Systems across the northwest to implement the OPERA Eyecare Electronic Referral Service (EeRS).

Integrated Commissioning Sytems

PES Update on the Transition to Integrated Commissioning Systems

3 February 2022

The implementation of Integrated care boards for systems has been delayed by three months to July.