Optom is quick to use online referral system

North London optometrist Imraan Amerat has become the first eye care professional to refer a patient using an online Urgent Referral for Wet Macular Degeneration form being trialled by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

Amerat's referral was made to the Western Eye Hospital which has a fast response project for wet AMD. Project leader, Dr Richard Cheong-Leen, said the system was now available to all optometrists in the greater London area to make direct referrals. He urged optometrists to use the system so it could be perfected and, ultimately, rolled out nationally. 'The more people that know about this the better.'