Lockdown: Do it yourself

Recent months have highlighted the challenges presented by remote vision testing. When patients ask for an appointment, it is often difficult establishing with any degree of confidence the exact nature of any vision change or loss. Add to this the fact that recent events have made people wary of going out for appointments of any sort, something likely to persist for some time. When it is estimated that approximately 30% of the UK population do not engage in any form of eye care anyway, anything that might encourage people to attend for an eye test when it is appropriate and to help promote the value of eye care in an otherwise resistant population has to be of interest.