Background <p>In early 2024, NHS Scotland published community optometrist workforce and activity data at a national level for the first time in the UK. These data are now over two years old, and anecdotal reports suggest changes amongst optometrists’ work-patterns post-pandemic. To identify if that data continues to be reflective of the community optometrist workforce, the aim of this paper is to provide equivalent data for 2022 and 2023.</p> Methods <p>Anonymised information about the active community optometrist workforce was extracted from routinely collected eye examination claim data, for periods 29th Aug–4th Dec 2022 and 28th Aug–3rd Dec 2023, and compared to equivalent published data (2019/2020). Workforce information included optometrist headcount, working days per week and independent prescribing optometrist activity.</p> Results <p>During 2022 and 2023, <i>n</i> = 1451 and <i>n</i> = 1489 community optometrists were active respectively, with independent prescribing workforce activity increasing from 24.1% to 26.6%. During 2023, 61.3% and 34.9% of the workforce delivered eye examinations an average of 4 and 5 or more days per week respectively. Since 2019, the proportion of community optometrists who were female increased by 2.9% and over half the active workforce remained &lt;40 years old.</p> Conclusions <p>The data in this paper indicates a growing, active community optometrist workforce, including an increasing number of active independent prescribers. Working patterns are stabilising after an initial shift towards more part-time working after the COVID-19 pandemic. As well as supporting workforce planning and service design in NHS Scotland, these findings may help provide insight into the wider UK optometrist workforce.</p>