Grampian glaucoma service set for March

Grampian AOC has agreed a protocol for ocular hypertensive patients currently seen under primary care clinics to be assessed from March by community optometrists.

The move follows a proposal from the HES glaucoma service which felt that to see these patients within a glaucoma clinic was poor use of busy clinic time.

The proposal on how patients would be assessed by community optometrists, with guidelines on action required if certain parameters are exceeded, was tabled to the AOC by glaucoma specialist consultant Augusto Azuara-Blanco, in conjunction with Grampian glaucoma optometrists Stephen McPherson, David Corry and Ian Rough who will support and assist their colleagues as necessary to help make the process work.