Primary care optometrists offer NHS sight tests under the General Ophthalmic Service
(GOS), or private eye examinations, and increasingly in the past two decades also provide …

Purpose Research suggests that there are challenges in the accessibility of eye care for
children in England. This study explores the barriers and enablers to eye examinations for …

Purpose In the UK, most referrals to the hospital eye service (HES) originate from community
optometrists (CO). This audit investigates the quality of referrals, replies, and communication …

Purpose Community optometrists, through routine eye examinations, identify patients with
disease or ocular abnormalities requiring referral to the Hospital Eye Service. In many cases …

Objectives This audit assesses communication between community optometrists (COs) and
hospital eye service (HES) in Scotland and England. Methods Optometric referrals and …

Purpose Although urgent primary eye care schemes exist in some areas of England, their
current safety is unknown. Accordingly, the aim of the present study was to quantify the …

Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate the stratification of follow-up and referral
pathways after implementation of a systematic cloud-based electronic-referral …

Purpose Good vision during childhood is vital for visual, educational, and social
development. Previous research highlights challenges in the accessibility of eye care for …

Purpose To determine whether UK optometrists and ophthalmologists provide target
refraction advice to patients prior to cataract surgery, and when this should first be …

Purpose This retrospective analysis of electronic medical record (EMR) data investigated the
prescribing patterns of soft myopia control contact lens (MCCL) treatments since their …