Local Optician - Glaucoma expert

[Too Good To Be True]

I'd be grateful if someone could recommend a local optician with experience of glaucoma sufferers.

I don't necessarily have glaucoma, but it runs in the family and I would like an early diagnosis if/when it comes.

Ideally the optician should have the proper field-of-vision testing kit and not just the puffer machine for testing eye pressure.

Many thanks

[BJL]

TGTBT - with your family history, you could ask your GP to refer you to King's College Hospital or Moorfields for an examination.

[jrpfinch]

Field-of-vision testing kit is a good idea.

[Mustard]

Paine and Hunter have the field of vision test. It's free if you have history of glaucoma in family.

[sallyfran]

I don't have glaucoma but do have consistently high pressure in my eyes. I have found Paine and Hunter really helpful in carrying out the field of vision test and referring me to Kings for an expert opinion when my pressures looked borderline.

[newguy42]

If you have time to spare City University Eye Clinic is great http://www.city.ac.uk/health/public-clinics/fight-for-sight-eye-clinic, they've referred me to King's before (as a Glaucoma risk). You don't have to have any connection to City University (I don't).

If you go in term time you get a student (and then a consultant checking their prescription for you) which is excellent, cheap and very thorough, but the downside is that it takes AGES!

[Too Good To Be True]

Brilliant. Thanks for your help. Very grateful.