Orthoptists look at eyes. They mainly treat problems with eye movement and how the eye sees. They will help give better vision to people, this means that people will then have better lives because they can see properly.

Most orthoptists work:

• in an eye department of a hospital
• in a special eye hospital
• schools, mobile units and health clinics.

Many combine working in a hospital (or eye hospital) with work outside.

Orthoptists work with people of all ages from new born babies to elderly people. They see people who have had accidents and had head injuries or people who may have an illness that is causing problems with their eyes.

They also treat people who have problems they were born with like:

• a squint (when an eye turns in or out, or up or down)
• a lazy eye (when one eye is weaker than the other and doesn't do any work).