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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.

How would you deal with a patient who does not want to be referred?

The College provides the latest news, research, advice and guidance on referral, and all the key optical topics. These are regularly reviewed to ensure you are completely up-to-date with your practice.

As the demand for ophthalmology services among new and existing patients mounts, Sophie Goodchild explores a pathway to support people on NHS lists at every stage of their eye care journey.

Pilot data from surveys examining the roles of community-based and hospital optometrists in the assessment and management of patients with suspected AMD.

Should you re-examine a patient you have recently referred if their symptoms worsen?

Online CPD courses for optometrists on the topic of referral.

In this recorded webinar, Dr Gordon Hay discusses true ocular emergencies and provides optometrists with clear guidance on how to make clear and effective referrals to eye casualty.

What makes a good referral letter, what information is a ‘must-have’, and how much information is too much? Kathy Oxtoby reports.

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.

In this recorded webinar lecture Wendy Newsom covers all aspects of how to communicate effectively when referring a patient.

In each issue, Acuity poses a topical question to a panel of members.

Tips and guidance on writing effective referral letters.

Clinical files: Do I have to refer an asymptomatic patient with a small pigment epithelial detachment (PED)?

Kaye McIntosh on tackling the lack of standardisation when sharing ophthalmic images.

A review of the implementation of NICE guidelines for the diagnosis and management of chronic open-angle glaucoma (COAG) and ocular hypertension (OHT) in England and Wales.

This online CPD course will guide you through a series of example referral letters, from the perspective of the person who receives them in the hospital eye service.

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.

This online CPD course will guide you in making clinical decisions for your patients with neuro-ophthalmological signs and symptoms.

Clinical Files: Do I need to offer patients a choice every time I make a referral?

In this recorded lecture, Professor Bruce Evans FCOptom highlights the role of practitioners in providing eye care for children and aims to improve members' confidence in managing these cases whilst stressing the need for practitioners to be aware of their limitations.

This recorded webinar presented by Kam Balaggan, covers essential ocular anatomy and OCT interpretation, focusing on the salient clinical and OCT features of all common vitreomacular disorders.

Clinical files: I think my patient has keratitis. How quickly should I refer them?

Clinical files: I am a locum optometrist who has been working at a practice while the resident is on holiday. It is my last day at the practice, and I have a patient who needs a repeat visual fields test but declined to complete it on the same day. What should I do?

This recorded webinar delivered by Michelle Hanratty will help you determine when to manage or monitor a patient’s condition and when to refer for further investigation or management.

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This online CPD course will help you with management decisions when retinal lesions are identified by both fundus examination and optical coherence tomography (OCT).

This online CPD course will help you with management decisions when retinal lesions are identified by both fundus examination and optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Kam Balaggan covers all important peripheral disorders and their management in this recorded webinar.

Clinical files: I have detected a typical choroidal naevus during a sight test on a new patient at my practice. Should I refer?

In this recorded webinar Mr Raj Das-Bhaumik, Consultant Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital, discusses how to investigate suspicious lumps and bumps on the eyelids in optometric practice.

This recorded webinar by Mr Rhys Harrison reviews cases of urgent referral to the hospital eye service. It is directed at community optometrists assessing patients and how to identify patients requiring urgent referral.

Watch our webinar on effective referrals and test your knowledge by taking a quiz!

Podcast: Dr Gordon Hay answers all those questions there wasn't time to cover during his webinar on referrals.

Podcast: Daniel talks to Michelle Hanratty MCOptom Dip Tp(IP) on how to decide what is best for your patient.

Podcast: Mike Horler FCOptom answers all those questions there wasn't time to cover during his webinar on retinal treatments.

Podcast: We ask Rhys Harrison all those questions there wasn't time to cover during his live webinar on how optometrists can identify patients requiring urgent referral.