In Focus: Changing methods of care

A great deal of change and upheaval to the way eye care is delivered has been forced upon optics as a result of the pandemic. At the beginning of lockdown, some practices opted to stay open to provide urgent and emergency eye care and others decided to close completely, which meant different methods of providing services were required. Now that lockdown has eased and routine appointments have returned, many optical practices will be considering whether these methods could be applied permanently.

Covid-19 forced new ways of working on the entire industry and with eye care classified as essential, teleoptometry came to the fore once again. What was previously discussed as the future of the profession became a part of the immediate response to providing eye care during the pandemic.