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B1 New Vision

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 401 498 864

Address: 179 queen st 3000 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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24.01.2022 1975 brought the profession’s formative moment when #optometrists were included in the brand new national health scheme, called #Medibank (later Medicare) Optometrist Newham Waterworth was responsible for getting registration of optometrists in #Tasmania in 1913. This was the first optometrists’ registration Act in the whole of the British Empire, and a remarkable achievement because the legislation was so aggressively opposed by the medical profession. Tasmania was followed ...by Queensland in 1917, South Australia in 1928, New South Wales in 1930, Victoria in 1935 and finally, Western Australia in 1940. FROM THE 20s During the 1920s, medical graduates were being trained as ophthalmologists who spent much of their time performing refractions. Later, in 1932, OPSM was formed to concentrate dispensing activity. At the time there were also proposals that ophthalmologists should give free glasses with consultations, refuse to give prescriptions and promote the sale of readymade spectacles. Optometry had organised itself across the country, but with no national health scheme, sat outside the public health domain. The promise of a national health scheme in the late 1930s saw advocacy to government increase, but World War 2 delayed this policy. THE 50s By 1952, optometrists outnumbered ophthalmologists by eight to one and provided 90 per cent of primary eye care. Despite this, along with determined and sustained advocacy from the profession’s leaders, when the Menzies’ government introduced the Australian National Health Act in 1953, it excluded optometry. Optometry’s exclusion saw its refraction services ineligible for benefit while ophthalmologists were able to claim a benefit for refraction as part of an examination for eye disease. Things got worse when, in 1953, all refraction services were excluded from receiving benefits. With other benefit options available to ophthalmology, the share of primary care patients between the two professions swung dramatically against optometry.

21.01.2022 Uganda Celebrates First Optometry Graduates Pioneer #optometrists have officially graduated at #Makerere University in #Kampala after completing the first optometry degree ratified in Uganda.

18.01.2022 LOOKING TO THE FUTURE Katrina Yap and Cassandra Haines In early 2018, #Optometry #Australia launched Optometry 2040, a project which aimed to identify likely and preferred futures for optometry, #optometrists, and community eye health.

18.01.2022 THE 60s #Vision science research began to shine in the 60s. The first #optometry PhD in #Australia was awarded to George Amigo in 1962 and the second to Barry Collin in 1970.Lloyd Hewett published a growing body of Australian research in the Australian Journal of Optometry

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12.01.2022 The graduating optometrists are the first locally trained optometrists for their country and will act as the primary eye health carers for the population. Uganda is one of the African countries supporting optometry as a relevant profession to help solve their nation’s growing eye care needs. Currently, there are less than 10 practicing optometrists in Uganda to service the population of 40 million, all of which received their training overseas. Establishing the School of Opto...metry at Makerere University took more than ten years of intense planning, negotiations and collaboration by many dedicated partners working closely with the University. These included the Brien Holden Vision Institute, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, University of New South Wales in Australia, Optometry Giving Sight, Light for the World, and the Optometrist Association of Uganda. Professor Charles Ibigira, Principal of the College of Health Sciences at Makerere University said the university was grateful for support from Brien Holden Vision Institute which provided equipment, curriculum development, human resources and inspiration. This has put Makerere University in the lead by providing optometry training and optometry services in Uganda, done in partnership with the College of Heath Sciences, he said. The progression of having locally trained optometrists in Uganda will raise the efficiency of eye care services by increasing access for the population and strengthen referral pathways, enabling greater cost effectiveness for the existing health systems. Optometrists will relieve ophthalmologists from providing eye care services like refraction and prescribing glasses, allowing them to focus on medical and surgical treatments of care. Dr Naomi Nsubuga, sub-regional manager, Brien Holden Vision Institute has been an active proponent in the development of optometry in Uganda since 2004. It gives me great pleasure knowing we can now train optometrists locally in Uganda using internationally developed teaching materials and using the latest advanced equipment. The graduate optometrists from Makerere University will provide much needed optometry services to the people of Uganda, she said. At the graduation ceremony Petronella Nichols, Africa regional director, Brien Holden Vision Institute said, Today we see the first optometry students graduate in Uganda because of the collaborative efforts and shared vision of all partners and stakeholders. With these pioneer graduates we greatly look forward to seeing optometry services reaching many more Ugandans in need of glasses and facilitating referrals for more serious eye conditions such as cataract and glaucoma. Mivision interviewed Dr Anguyo Dralega, Head of the Optometry School, Makerere University and graduate Godfrey Wanok when they visited Australia in 2018. Visit www.mivision.com.au//optometryin-uganda-building-blocks-of to read the full story.

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05.01.2022 THE 70s The 1970s was a huge decade for Australian optometry. 1975 brought the profession’s formative moment when optometrists were included in the brand new national health scheme, called Medibank A formidable team comprising National President Arthur Ley, Bruce Besley,

04.01.2022 The Glaucoma Issue The future for glaucoma detection and management looks bright Glaucoma gobally affects more than 60 million people and blinds about 4.5 million of them, making this the most common cause of preventable blindness with numbers set to rise as the population ages

02.01.2022 THE 90s In 1993 the Keating Labor Government sought to remove optometry consultations from Medicare and the future for the profession of optometry was uncertain. This period, which some refer to as ‘the original Mediscare’, led to wide spread campaigning which successfully overturned the decision. THE NOUGHTIES AND BEYOND Legislation allowing optometrists to prescribe therapeutic drugs passed in Victoria in 1996 due in large part to David Southgate, who was President of the V...ictorian division at the time. Unfortunately, the Victorian Government did not implement the legislation for a few years and Tasmanian optometrists became the first to prescribe therapeutic drugs in Australia in 2002. Tasmania was followed by NSW in the same year, Queensland in 2003, ACT in 2005, the Northern Territory in 2006, South Australia in 2007 and finally, Western Australia in 2010. In 2008, optometry’s prescription writing was included for Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme eligibility as for other primary care providers. Two years later, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) became a reality the profession of optometry joined the National Scheme and became regulated by a national board. Australia’s population had cracked 21 million and there were around 4,000 optometrists.In January 2015, the Medicare fee cap was lifted. This followed extensive lobbying by Optometry Australia to see self determination of our professional fees recognised by the government as vitally important to the profession’s future, especially in view of rebate cuts and the indexation freeze. Preparation for what was to be one of the most significant historical changes to our consultation billing in 40 years included the development of evidence-based recommended fee guides, patient information, and optometrist support materials. Four years on, though, the majority of optometrists across the country continue to bulk bill. It’s fascinating to look back on how far the profession, and Optometry Australia, has come in 100 years. While much has changed, the profession of optometry remains committed to achieving the very best visual outcomes for patients.