This sets out proposed new care models for glaucoma patients in order to better utilise primary care capacity, while still maintaining patient safety.
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of irreversible sight loss in the UK and affects over one million people, which is predicted to rise by 100,000 cases to 1.145 million people by 2030*.
In each issue, Acuity poses a topical question on a tricky scenario to a panel of members.
Clinical files: What impact should a patient's home genetics test have on my clinical decision-making?
Read the guidance on examining patients at risk from glaucoma
This member briefing covers the guideline on Glaucoma: diagnosis and management
Find out more about getting a College-accredited higher qualification in glaucoma.
More information for patients on glaucoma, including a directory to find their nearest optometrist member.
This article looks at how the diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma have changed over the years.
Kieran Loft on his last stint at Acuity, and other changes in optometry.
Should optometrists be telling their glaucoma patients to give up yoga and quit coffee, or concentrate on more general lifestyle changes instead? Jo Waters asks three leading experts.
What ocular complications does Ehlers-Danlos cause and how should optometrists treat patients with this condition? Léa Surugue reports.
Adrian O’Dowd looks at how large-scale, digitised and sophisticated data in optometry is helping to improve care.
Eye health issues that are making the news.
Clinical editor Kieran Loft considers a more flexible approach to optometry.
A glance at what’s happening in the world of technology.
Key statistics from the WHO World report on vision 2019.
Paddy Gunn MCOptom, Principal Optometrist for Education and Training at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, explains how his research will help relieve burdens in glaucoma care.
The clinical figures that count.
Key statistics on optometry around the world.