Letters: January 11

I always keep a floor-standing spot lamp by the side of my consulting room chair. When I have found the best reading lenses for my patient (using a trial frame, of course – is there any other way?), I then turn on the light and ask if it’s any better. Of course, it usually is. I then ask what sort of reading light they have at home and it is usually just a centre light or a ‘standard lamp’ (whatever that is).

I then say: ‘Why not go for one of these?’ Two years later I find out that some do; some don’t. Why is this? I never worked in another optician’s practice equipped with such powerful diagnostic equipment.