Bill Harvey: Frequenting BARS

I spent the end of last week at the annual conference of the British Association of Retinal Screening (or BARS) in Leeds.

The first thing that struck me was the attendance from a range of backgrounds, from managerial and administration through to medical photographers and clinicians. That said, as an optometrist, I got the impression that my presence there was a rare thing despite many schemes relying heavily on optometrist skills. I suspect the main problem here may be lack of awareness, so consider this the first attempt to publicise what is a useful annual event for all eye health practitioners.