£700 worth of glasses that are of no use ...

Si_Clist

kirtondm said:

Slightly complicated one here ...

Thank you very much indeed for that very useful post.

Right-ho, I think this threads's gone as far as it needs to now ...

Ergates

MalMonroe said:

What shabby, shoddy treatment your wife has been receiving.  

Specifically which bit of the treatment the OP's wife has received could be described as "shabby" ?

Manxman_in_exile

Ergates said:

MalMonroe said:

What shabby, shoddy treatment your wife has been receiving.  

Specifically which bit of the treatment the OP's wife has received could be described as "shabby" ?

C'mon!

You've been here long enough to know not to take anything they say seriously, haven't you?

kirtondm

I think the main problem is continuity of care. It really is better if you have a complicated issue to see the same person over the years. I accept this does not really happen so much these days especially in the cities but when it comes to medical stuff esp prescriptions they are opinions their are often no real right or wrong answers.

SteveJW

sheramber said:

The optician had to refer my husband to his GP for referral to the hospital when he detected his cataracts.

Just had an eyetest at a large chain store, wear them on your feet

Optician said "I had the first signs of cataracts, but normal for my age"
I said "I suppose when they get to the stage an operation is required I will have to see my doctor"

The optician said "no we refer you straight to the eye hospital"

We do have a local eye hospital

sheramber

Different NHS trusts have different policies

longjohnjohnson

sheramber said:

Different NHS trusts have different policies

Are you sure any of them have a policy to refer a patient from someone who has eye testing equipment to someone who has no eye testing equipment, so they can refer them to someone else who does have eye testing equipment?

user1977

longjohnjohnson said:

sheramber said:

Different NHS trusts have different policies

Are you sure any of them have a policy to refer a patient from someone who has eye testing equipment to someone who has no eye testing equipment, so they can refer them to someone else who does have eye testing equipment?

I think it's fairly standard practice for referrals to consultants to be done via your GP, even if that means (as here) something along the lines of "please tell your GP you seem to be suffering from X, so they can refer you to specialist Y".

Ath_Wat

user1977 said:

longjohnjohnson said:

sheramber said:

Different NHS trusts have different policies

Are you sure any of them have a policy to refer a patient from someone who has eye testing equipment to someone who has no eye testing equipment, so they can refer them to someone else who does have eye testing equipment?

I think it's fairly standard practice for referrals to consultants to be done via your GP, even if that means (as here) something along the lines of "please tell your GP you seem to be suffering from X, so they can refer you to specialist Y".

I have had 2 cataracts removed, I never went near a GP.  The optician arranges a hospital appointment.  I am really not sure sure what a GP could add unless in some areas the hospitals won't accept optician referrals, which seems a bit silly.

The_Fat_Controller

I live in Ayrshire, optician referred me directly to local hospital for intraocular pressure issue, no GP involvement at all.