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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pipp" data-source="post: 2527764" data-attributes="member: 100904">I attended my opthalmology appointment (used to call them opticians) at my local high street store in May this year. Since T2 diagnosis, 17 years ago, I have had annual eyesight checks there. This has included a test for glaucoma, and photographs of retina, as well as the usual reading the letters on the big chart. I am quite short sighted and have been wearing spectacles for at least 40 years, but fortunate that I have no diabetes damage, or signs of glaucoma. There is family history of glaucoma. The optometrist told me at that last appointment that my NHS check up would now only need to be every two years. I was a bit taken aback at this. Kicking myself later for not checking whether he meant the FREE check had been changed to two years or there was no clinical need for me to be seen annually.I had my annual NHS diabetes eye screening at local centre a few weeks ago. Mentioned to the practitioner the move to two years. He was adamant that I am entitled to an annual sight check with opthalmologist, and gave me a letter stating that I am, to show any opthalmologist who challenges this.</blockquote>

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