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Industry figures for May

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Although eye examinations and dispensing are down, spend per eye examination is higher than April and up on the previous year

may figuresThere is still quite a good feel about results over May. New contact lens fits are increasing overall, as is turnover, and sales value per eye examination is high, indicating patients are spending more once they are encouraged into the practice.

However, dispensing is still down on average, and eye examinations still show a decline over the year.

Total sight tests are down 6 per cent from last month, down 4.5 per cent on average for the year, although looking in isolation at the last 12 months, figures do show a small increase, primarily due to increases in NHS tests over recent months.

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