Hi I’ve been told that everyone must now wear safety glasses (let’s not get into the risk assessment arguments on this one now please). Anyway some opticians are not providing the interpupilary distance which make ordering safety glasses from our equipment suppliers difficult. They are, as I understand it, obliged to provide the prescription, does this obligation not apply to the interpupilar distance?. Without this it is hard to get the correct fit. I don’t want to use the safety glasses provided by the optician because of the added expense. But if the only way to get the correct fit it to bite this bullet then that will have to be the way it goes, and hang the expense. Does anyone else have experience with this problem, and if so is there an easy way out that I’m missing. Thanks Graham

I used Specsavers too though most opticians offer a similar service

Graham, I must have missed the must wear safety glasses legislation or is this a local agreement? So what is the problem with using overglasses on prescription type glasses? I too have a system with Specsavers but only allow £36.84 (a voucher) for a single lens pair of safety specs provided the wearer has recently had an eyetest and needs glasses. If the wearer does not wear glasses then a pair of standard safety specs are issued.