Guidance on when to refer; who to refer to; communicating referrals; and recording communications.
This table in the Guidance for Professional Practice provides information on which conditions are considered an emergency or urgent.
Acuity article on what makes a good referral letter, information you must include, and how much is too much.
In this updated online CPD course for optometrists you will be given the background to four patients and will complete a series of activities related to each case.
A response from the College regarding concerns about the integrity of optometrists referring cataract patients to independent sector providers.
This is an in-person peer review taking place at Assembly Buildings, Belfast.
Clinical files: I have seen a patient in practice who I suspect has keratoconus. Do I need to refer them?
How would you deal with a patient who does not want to be referred?
Should you re-examine a patient you have recently referred if their symptoms worsen?
With hospital ophthalmology departments under increasing strain, the need for appropriate referrals has never been greater. The latest research from Dr David Parkins FCOptom highlights where improvements can be made.
Clinical files: I think my patient has keratitis. How quickly should I refer them?
The aim of this article is to help primary care optometrists improve their referral letter writing, which will allow secondary care to triage patients effectively.
What makes a good referral letter, what information is a ‘must-have’, and how much information is too much? Kathy Oxtoby reports.
This study shows that optometrists report finding additional training beneficial to their clinical practice and can be successfully trained to reduce false-positive ocular hypertensive referrals.