Covid: Keeping you updated 13

We are now at a stage where all four countries of the UK are in the amber phase of the pandemic response (figure 1). This means that eye care practice may resume, including offering ‘routine’ service, but obviously with some provisos. To quote the College of Optometrists (CoO), ‘We advise that optometrists continue to triage patients, over the phone or virtually, to assess their needs before an appointment is made. This would mean that low-risk asymptomatic patients are not prioritised until we have reached a point of low community transmission.’

Figure 1: College of Optometrists website signalling amber phase on 29.06.20