Press release: ABDO launches annual plan for 2023

The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) has launched its new annual plan, which will guide its work over the coming year on behalf of members.

The plan, which can be found at www.abdo.org.uk, involves a wide range of activities to enable ABDO to support and represent members, promote awareness of their roles, enable their professional development and advance the profession as a whole. It incorporates a new purpose, vision and values for the organisation.

The Association has six priorities for 2023, in line with its vision and values:

1. To review, enhance and promote the products, services and benefits that ABDO provides for members
2. To raise awareness of members’ roles among employers and other stakeholders.
3. To review and clarify ABDO’s priorities in relation to enabling members’ professional development
4. To ensure that ABDO is equipped as an organisation to meet the needs of members in both the short and long term
5. To advance the profession by developing and implementing ABDO’s research strategy
6. To review ABDO’s international activity to ensure that we are delivering sustainable benefits for members

ABDO President Daryl Newsome says, “Our annual plan showcases the unrivalled range of activity we will be carrying out for our members in 2023. We will be relentlessly focused on providing value for our members at the same time as highlighting the value which they bring to patients and practices throughout the UK.”

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Notes to Editors
1. Media enquiries to Antonia Chitty, achitty@abdo.org.uk 07538 525 476
2. The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) is the professional body for dispensing opticians – working for dispensing opticians and advancing the profession in the UK and worldwide.
3. Registered address Unit 2 Court Lodge Offices, Godmersham Park, Canterbury, CT4 7DT
4. Download the annual plan here.
5. Download image of the front cover here.
6. Alongside the annual plan for each year, ABDO’s Strategic Plan guides its work from 2022 to 2026. You can read the strategic plan here.
7. ABDO’s purpose, vision and values are as follows:

ABDO’s purpose

ABDO’s purpose is to support and represent its members, to promote awareness of their roles, to enable their professional development and to advance the profession as a whole.

ABDO’s vision

ABDO’s vision is that by 2026 it will have:
1. Provided more opportunities for members to develop their roles
2. Implemented the GOC’s new education standards and outcomes
3. Supported members by providing continuing professional development, including qualifications and accreditations
4. Increased the understanding and recognition of members’ roles
5. Developed the profession’s evidence base
6. Improved member services, products and benefits
7. Improved how it communicates and collaborates
8. Ensured the organisation is sustainable

ABDO’s values

The following values will support ABDO’s work on behalf of members:
1. We are passionately committed to our members, who are at the heart of everything we do.
2. We maintain high standards for our members and our own work.
3. We are proactive in adapting to changing circumstances.
4. We are driven by a sense of common purpose.
5. We respect each other and our different areas of expertise.
6. We work collaboratively with our colleagues and other organisations.
7. We are open and transparent about our work.
8. We strive to continuously improve what we do and how we work together.