{"id":28613,"date":"2018-09-26T12:27:35","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T11:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=28613"},"modified":"2018-09-26T12:30:56","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T11:30:56","slug":"lynda-mc-givney-nolan-discusses-outpatient-eye-care-waiting-lists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=28613","title":{"rendered":"Lynda Mc Givney-Nolan Discusses Outpatient Eye-Care Waiting Lists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/download-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-28616 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/download-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/download-3.jpg 200w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/download-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/download-3-110x110.jpg 110w, https:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/download-3-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On this edition of Lifeline Michael Hennessy discusses with Lynda Mc Givney-Nolan, Optometric Advisor to the Association of Optometrists in Ireland, AOI, why the &#8216;Outpatient Eye-Care Waiting List&#8217; continues to increase, and which currently stands at around 41,600 patients. Lynda also discusses the urgent need for better organisation of cataract surgery which accounts for a significant portion of the Waiting List backlog, and calls for urgent funding for a National Children&#8217;s Eye Care Programme.<\/p>\n<p>The AOI&#8217;s 2019 pre-budget budget submission can be viewed in full at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aoi.ie\">http:\/\/www.aoi.ie<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Presenter: Michael Hennessy<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Interviewee: Lynda Mc Givney -Nolan<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Broadcast: September 26th 2018<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9033\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/Liferline-26-09-2018.001.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('9033','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/Liferline-26-09-2018.001.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/Liferline-26-09-2018.001.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=28613-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/Liferline-26-09-2018.001.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Liferline-26-09-2018.001.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 21:06 &#8212; 29.0MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this edition of Lifeline Michael Hennessy discusses with Lynda Mc Givney-Nolan, Optometric Advisor to the Association of Optometrists in Ireland, AOI, why the &#8216;Outpatient Eye-Care Waiting List&#8217; continues to increase, and which currently stands at around 41,600 patients. 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