Optometry independent prescribing during COVID lockdown in Wales.

Paul CottrellRachel NorthNik SheenBarbara Ryan

Published in: Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) (2022)

Urgent care services were most utilised by patients with discomfort caused by anterior eye conditions. IPOS services enabled optometrists to manage conditions to resolution without referral and without reduction in medications sold or given. Commissioners should recognise the value in reducing burden in urgent ophthalmology and the need for follow-up as part of a commissioned independent prescribing service.

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