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January 2026
NHS Sexual Safety Charter Update, LOCSU Joins Five Nations in Strategic Edinburgh Meeting and Dr Farah Jameel Joins LOCSU
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LOCSU leadership joined organisations from across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland at an enriching Five Nations meeting in Edinburgh this January.
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.
“At a time when public confidence in accessing GP services is fragile, it is vital that the Government acts to ensure that all patients can visit an optician in the community if they think they have an eye problem, in the same way the public can go to a community pharmacy for a range of health issues” – Adam Sampson, Association of Optometrists
4 March 2026
A new Eye Care Interoperability Steering Group has been established to accelerate the adoption of consistent diagnostic test standards across eye care.
4 March 2026
LOCSU are seeking to recruit a new LOC Coordinator to provide essential administrative and secretarial support to the team.
4 March 2026
LOCSU leadership joined organisations from across the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland at an enriching Five Nations meeting in Edinburgh this January.
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.
January 2026
NHS Sexual Safety Charter Update, LOCSU Joins Five Nations in Strategic Edinburgh Meeting and Dr Farah Jameel Joins LOCSU
Read our newsletter
“At a time when public confidence in accessing GP services is fragile, it is vital that the Government acts to ensure that all patients can visit an optician in the community if they think they have an eye problem, in the same way the public can go to a community pharmacy for a range of health issues” – Adam Sampson, Association of Optometrists
4 March 2026
A new Eye Care Interoperability Steering Group has been established to accelerate the adoption of consistent diagnostic test standards across eye care.
4 March 2026
LOCSU are seeking to recruit a new LOC Coordinator to provide essential administrative and secretarial support to the team.
4 March 2026