Can a British Optician provide spectacles just with the prescription or does the patient need to be present?
The optician can supply the glasses by prescription,however you usually have to be there to have them fitted round your ears.You can have them fitted to your size then pass them on,your friend can have them readjusted.I don’t think there is anything dodgy in this,its just a way of getting it cheaper,like we do with fags and booze abroad.