The Orthoptic Workforce Survey collects information from all orthoptic departments across the UK to give us a clear picture of our workforce.
We send out a Heads and Lead Orthoptists Questionnaire annually to gather information to identify trends, challenges, and opportunities to inform future workforce planning.
Every two years, we run a full Activity Survey, detailing what each member of the workforce is doing across a two-week period and to ensure that we have a clear profile of the current workforce and their clinical and non-clinical activity.
This information is used to help discussions at local, regional and national levels and provide clear benchmarking data along with future predictions of workforce for the profession.