HC Deb 03 March 1994 vol 238 c855W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance has been given by her Department to opticians on the content of a standard eye test.

Dr. Mawhinney

An optician who carries out a sight test is required, by regulations, to perform (i) an examination of the external surface of the eye and its immediate vicinity, (ii) an infra-ocular examination, and (iii) such additional examinations as the optician considers clinically necessary.