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The Association of British Dispensing Opticians is the main professional association for opticians in the UK.
History Opticians, like dentists or pharmacists, are one part of the British health service not covered by the NHS. Since the 1989 Medicines Act, eye tests are not free. It was formed in 1986 from the merger of the Association of Dispensing Opticians and the Faculty of Dispensing Opticians in the Health and Social Security Act 1984. The General Optical Council was formed by the Opticians Act 1958, to make the British optician profession statutorily protected. Structure It is situated off Bishops Bridge Road (A4206), between Royal Oak tube station, to the west, and London Paddington station, to the east. It is opposite the Hallfield Estate. The ABDO College was established in Godmersham, Kent, in 2001, on the A28. Also based at the ABDO's headquarters are the Federation of Manufacturing Opticians and Federation of Ophthalmic & Dispensing Opticians. It has a publishing division at Crowborough in East Sussex. Optician training in the UK Training to become an optician is only available at a few British universities. Function It represents the interests at a national level of British dispensing opticians. See also References External links
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