Letters: November 23

I am a dispensing optician who has done continuing education to gain the qualification of CLO. I now find myself in the position of having to gain 36 standard CET points and then an extra 18 specialist CL points to remain on the register.

I would like to know why we need to do the extra points, when optometrists, who also fit contact lenses, do not have to do any extra specialist points, and they get funds to do this!

I would like to know if there are any of my fellows out there who would prefer to study and gain 54 CL points as opposed to having to study for standard points that are in the main irrelevant to our everyday practice. Surely it makes us better CL fitters if our study is all aimed at contact lens fitting as opposed to spectacles.