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Archive for April, 2007

Glaucoma co-management: CHANGES

Published April 30th, 2007 by Karen French.

12 months ago I started a new position at Hinchingbrooke Hospital as an ‘optometrist with a special interest in glaucoma’.  This post was created specifically with a view to setting up and administering a glaucoma community co-management scheme.  Glaucoma co-management is not a new idea and several schemes currently operate around the country.  However it [...]

Emmetropisation: Sins of the mother?

Published April 19th, 2007 by Jane Macnaughton.

For years I have made a conscious effort to discuss the importance of regular eye examinations for children.  I have spent a significant amount of my clinical career within the hospital eye service, working closely with orthoptic departments and latterly have developed a specific interest in paediatric low vision. So, when I received a letter [...]

Specs on the Net

Published April 16th, 2007 by Peter Chapman.

It has been 3 years now since spectacles were sold directly to the public over the Internet by Glasses Direct.  But why do I make a fuss?  Am I angry that my qualifications are devalued?  That my business is threatened?  Or am I just merely irritated, as like most good ideas: why did I did [...]

Keratometry Quick Tip

Published April 10th, 2007 by Bhavisha Barchha.

This is a quick tip my supervisor taught me at work. I previously had problems aligning the keratometer on a patients’ cornea – and she taught me the ‘pen-light technique’ – so thought I would share it with anyone who hadn’t heard it yet. If you shine a pen-torch through the eyepiece of the keratometer, then the [...]

Eye tumours – Improving our Differential Diagnosis

Published April 2nd, 2007 by Jane Macnaughton.

At the recent Optometry Tomorrow conference hosted by the College of Optometrists in Newcastle last month, I had the pleasure of listening to Professor Bertil Damato, Director of the Ocular Oncology Service at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, give the annual George Giles Memorial Lecture, ‘Prospects for change in the treatment of uveal melanoma.’

Struck off the Register: No April Fool

Published April 1st, 2007 by Jane Macnaughton.

Here in the UK the first three-year cycle of compulsory CET has ended and the retention deadline to remain on the General Optical Council (GOC) Optician’s Register has now passed. Under the rules, registrants were required to return the application form with appropriate payment by mid-March to remain on the Register. Following the end of [...]


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