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Welcome to our Eye News Survey.

Please complete and submit your answers by 1 November 2024, we will discuss these cases and your reponses in the next issue of Eye News Magazine.

1. A patient with glaucoma is followed up for 10 years. The visual field in the right eye deteriorates gradually from a visual field index of 93% to 5%. Throughout this time the IOP varied between 18–21mmHg. The patient complains that he should have been offered surgical intervention and failure to do this led to his visual loss. Is there a breach of duty?

Yes
No

2. A patient has intermittent blurred vision and occasional ache in her eye. Her optician feels her angles are potentially occludable on Van Herick. Intraocular pressure is normal, optic discs are healthy and visual field is normal. The patient is referred to the hospital eye service. She should be triaged as:

Routine
Soon
Urgent

3. The patient in Q2 is referred into the hospital eye service and an appointment provided for two months later. During the wait, she patient suffered an attack of acute angle closure. Is there a breach of duty in not seeing her sooner?

Yes
No

4. The patient in Q2 is seen in clinic four months later as a new patient. The IOP is found to be 35mmHg in each eye and glaucomatous damage has occurred. A diagnosis of chronic angle-closure glaucoma is made. Is there a breach of duty in not seeing the patient sooner?

Yes
No

5. Do you think that a mistake resulting in visual loss is a breach of duty?

Yes
No

6. Does it make a difference if the mistake is easy to make and relatively common?

Yes
No

7. Do you think a patient who loses vision due to an avoidable clinical error deserves compensation?

Yes
No

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