View from the high street: Making positive changes

Autumn is here and it’s a time of change as all of nature prepares for the coming winter months. Change is part of our life-cycle, but in practice I find it is often something we resist and question. Why change something when we are all just fine performing tasks as we are now? If something new is introduced that may add to the time needed for a patient, rather than embrace it, there can initially be resistance.

One recent change for us is our OCT. It’s a great piece of equipment, but we have to ensure it is used in the correct way, to enhance the eye examination as opposed to over-reacting to a divergence from normal, flagged up in a patient with no real symptoms. All our optometrists have had detailed training on the analysis of OCT results and have access to the Specsavers Professional Network on Yammer where they can seek support for any unusual findings or questions.