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The article discusses the Association of Optometrists' vision of how optometry can play a bigger role in the future of public health. It mentions a new Strategy for Optometry document created by the Association of Optometrists (AOP) aimed at healthcare decision makers. It reveals that AOP highlighted the disparate nature of eye care provision in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England.

The article presents the discussion on hundreds of eye care professionals gathered in the Midlands last month for the College of Optometrists' annual conference, Optometry Tomorrow. Topics include attending lectures and workshops covering everything from dry eye to mobile phone screening apps; and improving access to eye care in remote and low resource settings.

The article focuses on a study by researcher Chris Davey of Leeds University, which found that most in need of eye care in Great Britain are keeping themselves away from optical practices due to the fear of being oversold spectacles. According to the study, negative impacting public eye health are caused by several factors including subsidization of professional care through spectacle sales.

In the article, the author offers information on the Call to Action process introduced by the National Health Service of Great Britain for improving eye health and sight loss. Topics discussed include the action process increasing optimism in optical industry, the need of utilising community optometry skills that will reduce load of work in secondary care, and the ideas came up in the process not being implemented accordingly by the public health commissioners.