This Allied Health Professions Day, Optometry Australia is celebrating the vital role optometrists play as part of Australia’s larger allied health workforce, while calling for targeted, innovative strategies to ensure every Australian accesses the eye care they need.
Access to timely treatment can make all the difference when it comes to eye health. For Tasmanian optometrist Lisa Kingshott, providing comprehensive eye care doesn’t just come down to clinical skill – it’s also about having the right tools at hand.
Legislative changes in Montana and West Virginia will bring the total number of US states granting optometrists laser privileges to fourteen. This significant shift underscores a widening gap in scope of practice between US and Australian optometrists.
As a 2025 LOOK International Scholarship recipient, Lisa Lombardi had the opporunity to travel overseas to investigate optometric scope of practice not yet available in Australia. She took the chance to explore low vision and rehabilitation service provision in Texas, USA.
A new report, The Value of Expanding Optometrists’ Prescribing Rights in Australia prepared by HTANALYSTS and commissioned by Optometry Australia has highlighted the key potential financial and health benefits of expanding optometrists’ scope to prescribe oral medicines for ocular conditions in Australia.
In the spirit of reconciliation Optometry Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
