Guidance for Professional Practice

Guidance on when to refer; who to refer to; communicating referrals; and recording communications.

Urgency of referrals

This table in the Guidance for Professional Practice provides information on which conditions are considered an emergency or urgent.

Writing a good referral letter

Acuity article on what makes a good referral letter, information you must include, and how much is too much.

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Best practice for optometrists' written and telephone referrals

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.

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Picture perfect: sharing the best ophthalmic images

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

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May 2024: Case on repeat visual fields and internal referral

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?

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May 2024: Case on repeat visual fields and internal referral

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?

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February 2024: Case on patient referrals and PED

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

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Picture perfect: sharing the best ophthalmic images

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

Public health Referrals

Optometry Tomorrow

Welcome to the UK's leading optometry conference!

Advancing optometry AMD Binocular vision Cataract Children Contact lenses Dementia Dispensing Driving and vision Falls Glaucoma Independent prescribing Low vision Myopia OCT Referrals Research Retina

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