Management of the patients after the first minor eye conditions scheme (MECS) visit
| Reason for MECS visit | Patients managed by the community optometrist, n (%) | Patients with no ocular pathology identified, n (%) | Patients referred to the hospital eye services, n (%) | Patients referred to general practitioner, n (%) |
| Red eye* | 616 (79.3) | 10 (1.3) | 114 (14.7) | 35 (4.5) |
| Painful white eye | 152 (64.4) | 37 (15.7) | 33 (14.0) | 14 (5.9) |
| Flashes/floaters† | 133 (61.6) | 23 (10.6) | 56 (25.9) | 3 (1.4) |
| Loss of vision† | 44 (22.7) | 41 (21.1) | 99 (51.0) | 9 (4.6) |
| Headaches | 13 (11.6) | 58 (51.8) | 11 (9.8) | 30 (26.8) |
| Trauma | 23 (63.9) | 10 (27.8) | 3 (8.3) | 0 (0.0) |
| Diplopia | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (75.0) | 1 (12.5) |
| Other† | 375 (69.7) | 56 (10.4) | 76 (14.1) | 30 (5.6) |
*Information was not available for two patients in this category.
†Information was not available for one patient in this category.