The NICE guideline on diagnosis and management of chronic open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypert...

1 May 2009
Volume 10, Issue 2
Glaucoma

An insight into the development of the guidance, its implementation and implications for optometry.

Introduction

An authoritative summary of the recent National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Guidelines for the Management of Open-angle Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension, by two of the optometric representatives on the NICE committee, Steele and Spry. These authors give an insight into its development, implementation and implications for optometry.

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