The Optical Confederation is a British trade association launched in April 2010.
[2] It agrees on advice to opticians with the Department of Health about the administration of NHS sight tests [3] and what fees practitioners can claim.
[6] The Confederation negotiated a solution to the difficulties posed by the use of fluorescein impregnated paper strips when Bausch & Lomb discontinued the production of Fluorets.
[7] At the end of 2014 the Confederation negotiated agreement that practitioners in England could use the NHS logo on their practice fronts.
[8] It played an important role in arranging the funding for the Foresight Project which is intended to address the challenges of technological change to the profession.