I’ve just seen a flyer for a drop-in eye clinic:
Journée dépistage de la vue gratuit: Glaucome et Cataracte…
Admittedly it is for a 2 hour slot one Saturday morning in a village hall… but, it is being run by the local eye hospital otphalmo staff…and it is definitely a move in the right direction… as early detection is so important.
Then I checked on the web… and it seems that this is part of a nationwide campaign. Great news… a quick checkup… and completely FREE…
Anyone who is not being checked and who is at all worried… could make enquiries about a session locally… it might be well worth your while…
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There’s also the glaucoma bus tour although this has just finished its
2016- 2017 campaign. Back again in September I expect.
http://www.unadev.com/nos-missions/combattre/depistage/la-tournee-du-bus/
Brilliant idea isn’t it… and there are more and more Health Screening services being rolled out…to cover us folk out in the sticks…
That’s a brilliant idea and so worthwhile, hope it comes to my region. The biggest concern here, as with many rural communities, is a lack of doctors. Our local doctor has retired and his ‘cabinet’ is closed because there isn’t a replacement. There is a health centre that was opened about 6 years ago that is not too far away but the 4 doctors there are approaching retirement age. As usual there are young doctors out there who provide a locum service but don’t want to be here permanently because there are no jobs available for their partners! I don’t know how this problem will be solved 
You are so right… our Doc was chatting with us about similar situation arising in our area…
One suggestion is for the “usual” checkup/prescriptions to be for every 6 months instead of every 3… this would enable the existing Drs to double their Lists…
However, as our Doc said… how ghastly it would be if, as a result of the extended timescale, someone had a problem…which was not picked-up in time…
Our Doc is younger than we are… and will… hopefully… always be there for us 