LOCSU is the Local Optical Committee Support Unit, supporting Local Optical Committees (LOCs) in England across a range of activities relating to primary eye care. Our work includes policy work and lobbying, pathway development, commissioning support, governance and compliance support, communication and training.
We drive innovative thinking about present and future opportunities and challenges within the primary eye care sector, to meet the changing needs of LOCs. Our role as an eye health innovator sees us work in collaboration with a wide range of partners across the optical and wider health sectors to enhance and promote the role of LOCs and primary eye care among health decision makers.
New research from Guide Dogs shows that far too often children and young people with a vision impairment in England are missing out on vital specialist support and learning.
27 May 2026
LOCSU have produced a trio of case studies describing community-based optometry delivered glaucoma monitoring pathways across three different LOCs.
26 May 2026
Primary eye care organisations have welcomed the publication of NHS England’s Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Best Practice Guidance for Glaucoma Services.
19 May 2026
LOCSU is the Local Optical Committee Support Unit, supporting Local Optical Committees (LOCs) in England across a range of activities relating to primary eye care. Our work includes policy work and lobbying, pathway development, commissioning support, governance and compliance support, communication and training.
We drive innovative thinking about present and future opportunities and challenges within the primary eye care sector, to meet the changing needs of LOCs. Our role as an eye health innovator sees us work in collaboration with a wide range of partners across the optical and wider health sectors to enhance and promote the role of LOCs and primary eye care among health decision makers.
April 2026
LOCSU attend SeeAbility campaign launch at Windsor Castle, transformation update, join the LOCSU team and more!
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New research from Guide Dogs shows that far too often children and young people with a vision impairment in England are missing out on vital specialist support and learning.
27 May 2026
LOCSU have produced a trio of case studies describing community-based optometry delivered glaucoma monitoring pathways across three different LOCs.
26 May 2026
Primary eye care organisations have welcomed the publication of NHS England’s Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Best Practice Guidance for Glaucoma Services.
19 May 2026
