Chris Bennett: Sunglass benefits are staring us in the face

Optometry and the eyewear business is in dire need of a cheerleader but who is going to step forward to take that job on?

Hardly a week goes by without a healthcare issue hitting the headlines but topics with an eye care angle rarely elicit howls of protest for action from optics.

This week the issue of kids and sunglasses (In Focus, page 6) comes to the fore. It’s a well-worn path and a topic on which action has been lamentably slow. Kids eyewear brand, Monkey Monkey, has stepped forward to suggest sunglasses should be part of the school uniform but once again the dead hand of risk-aversion rules.