Could you help with our research?

This research involves an interview of up to 60 minutes with independent researchers Collaborate Research. The interview would be scheduled at a time to suit you during July and would be conducted by telephone or video call.

Anything you say during this interview remains confidential and would not be identifiable to you. All participants will be offered a payment of £100 for their time.

If you are willing to be considered for this project and have an active role in the day-to-day management of a practice, please complete the form below.

Please note, respondents will be selected based on a number of characteristics to ensure we have a good spread of demographics. ABDO employees are not eligible for this project.

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* 1. Please confirm that you manage an optical business day-to-day, e.g. as an owner of an independent or small chain, or a practice manager of larger chain.

I confirm that I manage optical businesses on a day-to-day basis.

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* 2. Please confirm that you are not an employee of ABDO. (Please note that this exemption applies to direct employees only; you would still be eligible to participate if you are engaged by ABDO as an examiner, tutor or practice visitor).

I am confirm that I am not a direct employee of ABDO

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* 3. Where is your practice located?

London

South of England

Midlands or East Anglia

North of England

Scotland

Wales

Northern Ireland

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* 4. What type of practice do you work in?

Independent

Small group (2-7 practices)

Medium group (8-30 practices)

Multiple (over 30 practices)

Hospital

Domiciliary care

Other (please specify)

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* 5. What is your role in the practice or branch?

Practice owner

Practice manager

Joint venture partner

Franchise owner

Other (please specify)

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* 6. How many employees in total work in your practice or branch? Please enter a number as digits e.g. 10 rather than ten.

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* 7. How many dispensing opticians (DOs) does your practice currently employ, if any? Please enter a number as digits e.g. 10 rather than ten, 0 rather than zero or none.

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* 8. Are you a GOC registrant?

Yes - optometrist

Yes - dispensing optician

Yes - contact lens optician

Yes - business registrant

No - neither an individual or business registrant

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* 9. Are you currently engaged by ABDO as an examiner, tutor or practice visitor? This does not exclude you from the research.

Yes

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* 10. Finally, please provide the following contact details to enable Collaborate Research to get in touch with you regarding this research if you fit the criteria.

Your name

The name of your practice or branch

Your email address

Your telephone number (ideally direct)

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* 11. Please tick below to consent to ABDO sharing your contact details with Collaborate Research for this research.

I consent to ABDO sharing my contact details with Collaborate Research for this research.

Please note that you have the right to withdraw your consent to process the information you provide or object to our processing of your information.

If you take part in an interview, it will be conducted in accordance with the Market Research Society Code of Conduct, and the information you provide will be treated in accordance with data protection law. You can access Collaborate Research's privacy policy here.

If you have any question about the research, or wish to withdraw your consent, you can email ABDO on achitty@abdo.org.uk or Collaborate Research on info@collaborateresearch.co.uk.