Eye test saved my life
A ROUTINE eye test saved the life of a teenager after a trainee optometrist detected a problem which turned out to be leukaemia.
The Federation of Ophthalmic and Dispensing Opticians' Optics at a Glance report has revealed that many vulnerable people could still be missing out on vital eye care, with only 418,100 domiciliary sight tests carried out in the UK in 2008-09.