Key Points

Please take a moment to review these points, reflect on their significance and consider how they apply to your own experiences.

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• Recognise when retinal findings are beyond your competence and escalate for specialist review.
• Match referral urgency to clinical risk (urgent vs routine) and arrange appropriate pathways.
• Explain findings clearly to the patient and obtain informed agreement to referral.
• Document findings, clinical reasoning and actions taken to support accountability and indemnity.
• Acknowledge out-of-date or lapsed skills (e.g. keratoconus RGP fitting) and avoid unsupervised practice.
• Refer to a colleague or specialist clinic when lacking current competence.
• Plan refresher training, supervised practice or mentorship before attempting advanced procedures again.
• Reflect on cases afterwards to identify CPD needs and prevent future scope breaches.