Bill Harvey: A head rings out

I have often felt that eye care practitioners play an essential role in the screening of patients with headaches. This is undoubtedly supported by many of our GP colleagues who regularly refer their headache patients to us for further assessment and confirmation of any ocular or optical element to the symptoms.

Having just completed a number of stage 1 assessment visits this year, I am always surprised by how many colleagues feel that assessment of a ‘patient presenting with an ocular symptom or sign suggestive of a neurological condition’ as required by the College of Optometrists, excludes headache presentations from this category.