Eye specialists will be able to issue prescriptions on the high street, the Government announced today. Optometrists, who undergo more extensive training than dispensing opticians, are being given greater prescribing powers for conditions like dry eye syndrome, conjunctivitis and blepharitis, which causes inflammation.
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Eye experts 'to prescribe drugs' - BBC Health News 28th August 2007
Eye specialists 'to prescribe drugs on the high street' - Daily Mail 28th August 2007
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
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