OO seeks views on the duration of eye exams

Optometrist Christian Dutton is calling on practitioners to take part in an online survey to discover their views about the length of eye examinations, which he will be presenting to the Federation of Ophthalmic and Dispensing Opticians (FODO) this July.

Dutton, who has practised as an optometrist for 10 years, is conducting the survey to find out how many practitioners share his belief that the industry standard 20 minute-long eye exam risks compromising standards of clinical care in favour of commercial gain.

'Twenty-minute eye examinations are considered to be the industry norm but in my experience many clinicians do not feel this is a sufficient amount of time to conduct an eye examination to an acceptable standard,' he told Optician.