Editor,—As one of the most “overtrained”(!) ophthalmologists in the United Kingdom at the present time, I was delighted and stimulated to read the excellent, erudite, and witty commentary by James Acheson.1 I think that the issue that lies at the heart of the matter is, as Mr Acheson himself puts it, “It all depends on what you mean by training . . .” Surely one of the driving …