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Optometry and Optometrists. Optometry is a vision care specialty that is concerned with the health of the eyes, the visual system, and related structures. An optometrist is a health care professional who specializes in function and disorders of the eye, detection of eye disease, and some types of eye disease management. An optometrist conducts eye examinations, prescribes corrective contact lenses and glasses, and diagnoses and treats eye diseases and disorders.
Optometrists and ophthalmologists. When it comes to health professionals who look after your eyes, there are different specialists who may see you. Optometrists. In the high street, the person you may think of as an optician or ophthalmic optician who you go to for eye tests and glasses is more accurately called an optometrist. Like your GP for general health, optometrists are on the front line of eye health care, called primary care.