Bill Harvey: These are near, those are far away

It’s a busy time for College Assessors at present, with many trainees undertaking their stage 2 assessments. This year, pre-reg trainees have been required to show evidence of having completed a minimum number of contact lens fits and aftercares during their stage 1 experience (20 and 40 respectively) and it seems, in my experience, to have contributed to a noticeable improvement in contact lens ability in this group.

One significant change over the last three years has been in the successful fitting of presbyopes with multifocal lenses. Though there may still be a place for monovision for those already having gone down that route, or for those resistant to all other binocular options, it is a relief to see our upcoming optometrists embracing modern, better options. Monovision is becoming a rarity in case records.