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13 May 2024

Hello

I am Emily Charlesworth a postdoctoral research fellow at Anglia Ruskin University. We are currently distributing a survey to investigate how optometrists refer into secondary care and which referral pathways exist in different areas of the UK. If any specific pathways exist the survey will ask further questions regarding the optometrist’s experience of using these pathways and whether optometrists receive any feedback on referrals sent.

I was wondering if it would be possible for you to distribute this with the Optometrists within your area as we are trying to get as many responses as possible. The link to the survey is below.

https://angliaruskin.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/referral-pathways

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Kind regards
Emily Charlesworth

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