This consultation is to agree on an approved list of eye preparations for inclusion in the Wales General Ophthalmic Services signed order formulary.
In each issue, Acuity poses a topical question to a panel of members.
Member briefing: College research finds that consumers prefer spectacles purchased in UK optometry practices to those bought online.
Blue-blocking spectacle lenses are claimed to offer retinal protection, reduce eye fatigue and improve sleep quality. This document sets out a summary of evidence.
The College's position on ready-made spectacles.
The College's position on buying spectacles online.
The College's position on blue blocking spectacle lenses.
This section evaluates studies showing the effectiveness of coloured overlays and all controlled trials using the intuitive colorimeter and shows there are limitations to the research.
A patient wants to purchase a pair of spectacles using a prescription generated from an overseas app on his smartphone. What would you do?
Remote consultations were seen as a short-term pandemic solution, but they look like they’re here to stay. Steve Smethurst looks at the benefits of tele-optometry and the video software optometrists should consider.
Your patient wants you to make up spectacles from a four year old prescription. What should you do?
Can you refuse to see a patient who keeps taking his prescription elsewhere?
Your practice supplies glasses based on a prescription from another practice. What do you do if your patient is having problems seeing with them?
Non tolerance to an outside prescription. What would you do?
Dispensing of a complex prescription in your absence.
In the September issue of Optometry in Practice, we discuss the importance of establishing a new framework for eye care in special schools