A full time medical photographer is employed for image capture and processing.
Instant results are shown on video and colour printouts are supplied soon to be sent via the internet for other specialists' opinions.
Eye pressure recording is standard as also electronic (central) visual field recording using instruments conforming to the standard adopted after consultation with the Local Hospital Eye Clinic, with whom we share care.
The Digital Retinal Imaging camera allows the most detailed view of the health of the retinal (and by inference heart) vessels. It is possible to see more of the smaller haemorrhages previously only visible by injecting dye, but this is still an important procedure.
All types of modern contact lenses are fitted, most from stock and the same day.
Contact lenses are over 90% of the throughput of the clinic, but not forgetting that we are optometrists, all types of spectacle lenses are also dispensed. Our main laboratory is a specialist supplier to the profession of bifocal and varifocal lenses, specialized hospital prescribed lenses and rimless spectacles of all types.
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