Optometrist cleared in FTP case

Optometrist Robert King was found not guilty of misconduct and his fitness to practise was not impaired according to a General Optical Council hearing on June 20-21.

The case alleged that at a consultation on February 12 2009 he did not adequately investigate the cause of symptoms of a patient who complained of a grey area in her vision and migraine-like symptoms without a headache. It was alleged that King did not adequately investigate or obtain her history and presenting symptoms and record them, or refer her to another appropriate healthcare professional. It was also alleged that he did not conduct an appropriate visual field test (VFT), he did not take into account her myopia or the presence of a nasal visual field defect in her other eye.