Invitation to tender: Clinical advice on refraction for the purposes of the sight test

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• Invitation to tender: Clinical advice on refraction for the purposes of the sight test

Summary

We are seeking expert clinical advice to understand:

• how the sight test is delivered by commercial providers of optical services across the four nations of the UK;
• the possible impacts where the refraction, binocular vision and eye health checks are not carried out by the same person, both with and without the oversight/supervision of an optometrist or registered medical practitioner;
• the possible impacts where the refraction, binocular vision and eye health checks are not carried out at the same time or in the same place, both with and without the oversight/supervision of an optometrist or registered medical practitioner; and
• more about the role of orthoptists in refraction and sight testing.

Published

5 October 2022