High Court suspends optometrist over concerns about his clinical abilities

The optometrist is suspended until December 1 during which time the healthcare and social professionals regulator must expedite its inquiry

The healthcare and social professionals regulator, CORU, was concerned about his alleged inability to examine the back of a patient’s eye, an alleged inability to perform a refraction procedure and his apparent lack of clinical knowledge.

An optometrist has been suspended by the High Court from practising pending determination of complaints about his clinical abilities when examining patients.

The optometrist, who is not being named, obtained his qualification outside this jurisdiction and started working in an opticians’ chain in Ireland last January until what he said was his resignation in February.