I am just catching up with the news following my holidays, and was interested in the letter from Alan Gilbert (Optician, August 15) entitled 'The profession has been "hood-winked"'.
He touches on the report about behavioural optometry, but seems more perturbed about the use of tints to alleviate the symptoms of Meares-Irlen syndrome ('Scotopic sensitivity syndrome' is a misnomer).
I suspect his reaction has been building up for some time and would be interested to hear if there is specific case which caused him to reach boiling point!
As he correctly states our professional procedures must satisfy credibility in both the eyes of our patients and our peers.
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