The purpose of the Expert Advisory Groups (EAGs) is to advise and assist on matters relating to the development and delivery of the ESR. There are two groups, one for optometrists and one for dispensing opticians.
The full list of EAG members can be found in the tables below:
Optometrists
Name | Sector |
Professor Guntler Loffler | Education |
Professor John Siderov | Education |
Dr Nik Sheen | Education/NHS Wales, CET provider |
Professor Hilary Tompsett | SW Education/Education Committee |
Dr William Holmes | Education |
Dr Rebekah Stevens | Education |
Sally Gosling | Professional body, CET Provider |
Dr Nav Gupta | Education visitor panel - OO member |
Sarah Canning | NHS - Head of Optometry |
Jennifer Chaston | Patient |
Dr Imran Jawaid | NHS ophthalmologist and research scientist, CET provider, Education Committee |
Claire Slade | Employer |
Dr Josie Forte | Companies Committee/employer/Council lead, CET provider |
Markham May | Education/Education Visitor Panel |
Professor Kathryn Saunders | Education |
Dispensing opticians
Name | Sector |
Simon Butterfield | Education |
Jay Dermott | Education |
Dean Dunning | Education/practising DO |
Julie Hughes | Education/Education Visitor Panel |
Alicia Thompson | Education/professional body/Education Committee, CET provider |
Sarah Joyce | Employer |
Gill Robinson | Employer/DO trailblazer group apprenticeships, CET provider |
Jay Varia | NHS/practising optometrist /honorary lecturer |
Sally Powell | Education visitor panel lay Chair |
Kathy Start | Education Committee lay member |
Paula Baines | Standards Committee/Education Visitor Panel CLO member |
Glenn Tomison | Standards Committee/DO/GOC Council member |
Eloise Stone | Student DO |
Mike Galvin | GOC Council member |
Miranda Richardson | Professional body |
Melanie Hingorani | NHS |
Richard Edwards | Optometrist |
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