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Are we ensuring that those who need to have their eyes examined attend, and that we are not over-testing those who do not require any such assessment?
Are we discouraging those who should be seen more frequently from attending?
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It’s recommended that most people should get their eyes tested every two years.”
This message is widely publicised. There’s almost always caveats and the NHS advice, for example, does state “for most people” not all, but is that helpful?
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Eyes on the road - @janetpooley examines the current visual standards required by drivers and asks whether more needs to be done to make roads safer.
https://t.co/P1i9SQXc5I
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Whilst it is self-evident that vision is important for driving, the actual level of vision that is required is much more difficult to assess.
The UK is amongst the European countries with the lowest visual standards for driving.
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Marek P Karas from #sightloss charity @SeeAbility examines why children with a learning disability do not access the #eyecare they need and asks how the system needs to change.
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https://t.co/AiAe3WAln5
.@SeeAbility's recent study examined the eyes of almost a thousand pupils in special schools in England. They found clear evidence of unmet need; almost half of the children reported no previous eye care, 119 children had an undiagnosed visual problems.
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Children with a learning disability are 28 times more likely than their peers to have a serious sight problem, but for many these problems may go undetected
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In response to a move away from the over medicalisation of our lives it is interesting to consider how frequently a ‘routine’ community #eyetest or #eyeexam is required.
Should routine eye testing of younger asymptomatic patients be recommended?
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It’s recommended that most people should get their eyes tested every two years.”
Are we ensuring that those who need to have their eyes examined attend, and that we are not over-testing those who do not require any such assessment?
#optometryhour #eyenews
Are routine eye examinations really necessary?
@janetpooley asks whether frequent appointments in low-risk patients with normal results are actually cost-effective.
https://t.co/dLTbvkk1G8
#Optometryhour #eyeexam #eyetest #eyenews
When the dispensing of spectacles was deregulated in 1985, the importance of fitting spectacles to children was thankfully understood and can only be conducted by a qualified practitioner in the UK.
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When it comes to paediatric #eyecare & specifically the dispensing of spectacles, it's fundamental to ensure the highest standards of dispensing are achieved on every occasion regardless of circumstance. This is surely a given for any self-respecting practitioner?
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Most #glaucoma presentations are chronic conditions that require long-term follow-up, perhaps for the remainder of the patient’s life and given this chronicity, we tend to gain new patients at a greater rate than we are able to discharge.
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Driving a culture of continuous professional development must be embedded at the earliest opportunity to ensure that #optometrists continue to provide safe and effective care.
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The #optometry profession has changed dramatically over the last 60 years. One of the most substantial changes is the shift towards #optometrists managing ocular #pathology in community practice
https://t.co/7kqEeJRS8S
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It is important for all #optometrists to understand that in the face of #NHS changes and increasing clinical responsibilities, leadership skills are essential to enable them to deliver a safe and efficient service to patients.
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Helen Court outlines why leadership and management are so important in #optometry [1/3]
https://t.co/7kqEeJAgKi
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For a large number of patients who either have glaucoma or ocular hypertension, the disease process is either stable or slowly progressive
This means that you can stratify the patient cohort into categories such as ‘stable,’ ‘low risk’ or complex [2/3]
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