Aims and Remit:
To be responsible to Council for contributing a Lay perspective on College activities.
Primary responsibilities:
- To communicate to the College and its Council areas of interest and concern to the public and individual patients
- To foster relations between patients and their optometrists on the basis of openness, equity, honesty and individual integrity
- To encourage the profession to involve patients in all aspects of its activities
- To contribute to the achievement of the aims of the College and to review this contribution on a regular basis
- To provide an alternative viewpoint on the activities of the College
- To question and challenge established viewpoints
- To provide lay input to development of College policies and guidelines
- To provide specialist and expert advice to Committees and Council in areas where its members may be of assistance
- To strive towards the achievement of a consistent and equitable quality of eye care for all, by making representations to Government and other relevant bodies
- To encourage the involvement of patients in their own care
- To encourage the involvement of patients in the development of eye care services
| Chairperson | Dr Bridget Towle |
| Vice Chairman | Alan Loynes |
| Members | Nick Parker |
| Dr Claire Walker | |
| Clare Harrington | |
| Valerie Vaz | |
| John Thompson | |
| Jonathan Swan | |
| Andrew Kitchen | |
| Optometric Member | Lisa Gerson |