On 6 Mar 2008 23:15:27 GMT, Bob Eager wrote:

The two terms are, AFAIK:

Ophthalmic optician
Dispensing optician

Optimetrist is the name these days and the one you want on the High St,
one step below an Opthalmologist. A Dispensing Optician can't do eye tests
but can fit and advise etc.

And then the ophthalmologist in the hospital.

Aye, as I said they messed about with the names years back and I haven't
caught up properly.

http://www.optical.org/en/our_work/E...istration_home
..cfm

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Cheers
Dave.