Letters: December 15

Are visit rules being ignored?

I read with interest the article ‘Caring for Individuals’ (December 8) and find that some of the statements are to say the least quite basic and obvious. I have been an optometrist who has undertaken domiciliary services before the additional visiting fees could be claimed and remember only too well when optometrists felt that it was not ‘proper’ to do visits as ‘a full test couldn’t be done at home’.

Time has gone on and now many companies offer home visits and have developed big turnovers. This is a good thing and now the housebound and elderly can receive good eye care at home. What is not good is the excessive and somewhat aggressive marking some of these companies do to boost their numbers.