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Features.(optical sales during Christmas season)(Brief article)
Christmas is a great time for reflection but if you are thinking of indulging in some yuletide navel gazing make sure you look at the positives as well as the negatives.The end of the year traditionally spells a slowdown for optics and this year has been no exception. The general hustle and bustle in brightly decorated high streets up and down that land does nothing to make retail opticians feel any better. As the world and his wife scurry around shopping like there is no tomorrow to the tune of a thousand pinging cash tills and some remixed Christmas musak, the poor old optical practice can only look on. To compound the misery further, the Department of Health delivered an early Christmas present in the form of a paltry 2.5 per cent increase in General Ophthalmic Service fees.But look a little deeper. Sure, there are plenty of folk in the high street, but look at the lengths to which retailers are having to ...
- Scottish GOS change takes centre stage.(General Ophthalmic Service)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Optician December 2, 2005 700+ words
Six events will take place across Scotland this month to raise awareness of the new GOS contract which will start next April. As well as discussing the contract (News, October 28) the events will discuss the eye examination and 'care pathways' that will be implemented next year. 'The courses will
- Unlucky for some.
- Magazine article from: Optician November 25, 2005 700+ words
The 13th anniversary of the optician Index is marked with a few positive figures but mostly ones in decline October marks the end of the 13th year of the optician Index, perhaps an unlucky year, but certainly one that depicts a general downturn...
- Marketing your practice.(Features)
- Magazine article from: Optician March 30, 2007 700+ words
...market research - informs practitioners about what is happening in the market, but it does not necessarily explain why. The Optician Index provides a benchmark from which to judge practice performance but to understand why various changes to the market are occurring...
- Struggling on despite the weather.(Features)
- Magazine article from: Optician August 31, 2007 700+ words
...hoc enquiries, receiving feedback and results entirely free of charge. If any practice would like to contribute to the Optician Index please contact Louise Jarvis on 01622 851726, to discuss the benefits, no obligation, or by e-mail to l.jarvis...
- Positive signs.
- Magazine article from: Optician September 30, 2005 700+ words
...less than last month, -19 per cent compared to -22.5 per cent. This is the most notable downturn for AR coats since optician Index began. The decline has continued for 12 months now, the closest similar decline being in 2002 to a maximum of -12 per...
- Maximising the potential of your practice Part 1 - Tracking...
- Magazine article from: Optician March 31, 2006 700+ words
...ISSUES It is possible to find out what is happening in the marketplace from a variety of sources, including the monthly Optician Index articles (see pages 34-35), business benchmarking services offered by the various consultants specialising in optical...
- Positive steps.(Features)(industry forecast)
- Magazine article from: Optician February 23, 2007 700+ words
...month period. This is a positive step, as growth was consistently negative since January 2004. Indeed, last January Optician Index reported a decline of around 6 per cent over the previous year. The proportion of eye examinations that are NHS is 67...
- Summer blues.
- Magazine article from: Optician July 30, 2004 700+ words
...by 5 per cent. Progressive lenses are a big growth area and indices have shown almost a 200 per cent increase since the optician Index began 12 years ago. However, the growth pattern has been negative once before - at the start of 2001. This month's...
- Life in the slow lane.
- Magazine article from: Optician August 26, 2005 700+ words
...compare equal time periods. July had 26 working days (excluding Sundays and UK bank holidays). New contributors to the optician Index are always welcomed. Benefits of participation include customised graphs and comparisons, and contributors are able to...
- News.(eye screening fund allocation )
- Magazine article from: Optician December 9, 2005 700+ words
...of the need to charge real-world (EU!) pricing for the outcomes of prescription manufacturing. Then from October, optician Index key points an interesting slant to also quote optometric fee time per minute, the given figure averaging 0.85p. The...