Viewpoint: The letter of the law

Last month, I suggested that ‘working to contract’ should be a consideration to achieve our service provision aims going forward. But how many of us understand what that would mean? I ask this question because, when talking to many practitioners, they don’t seem to understand what an NHS sight test entails.  

This is made even more confusing when our own professional bodies keep reminding us that eye examinations are an important part of an overall comprehensive healthcare regime. But, notice the different wording. A sight test is not an eye examination. Just to add to the confusion, we have organisations referring to ‘eye tests’ in their literature. This term has no meaning at all.