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C-76772 | Features of diabetic retinopathy

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Moorfields Eye Hospital patients test vision at home using app

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Inspecs launches sustainable frame range

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Trial and error

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News and in-depth features about business management and career development in optics

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“My day doesn’t stop when the practice closes”

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Optometrist | Melina Joy Opticians

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Emily McCormick

Deputy editor

Emily McCormick is deputy editor of Optometry Today, where she produces content for both the website and the journal. She has a particular interest in charity and business stories, and is responsible for the In practice section of the journal.

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New AMD centre open in Bradford

Centre has doubled the number of AMD clinics that are run, increasing patient capacity and reducing follow-up times
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- Pulished 28 Sep 2017
- by Emily McCormick
AMD NHS Treatment Patients Health services
Charity launches sight loss petition

Macular Society calls for action to put a stop to people losing sight needlessly
- OT news and features
- Pulished 27 Sep 2017
- by Emily McCormick
Charity Blind NHS Sight test Campaign
Eylea approval

Drug gets positive recommendation by NICE
- OT news and features
- Pulished 26 Sep 2017
- by Emily McCormick
Health services Treatment Myopia Patients NHS
To your door

Mobile clinic to treat AMD patients is launched in Hampshire and the south coast
- OT news and features
- Pulished 26 Sep 2017
- by Emily McCormick
Health services AMD Patients Treatment NHS
Humira approved for paediatric use

The European Commission says the drug can be used on children to treat chronic non-infectious anterior uveitis
- OT news and features
- Pulished 19 Sep 2017
- by Emily McCormick
Health services Children Treatment NHS Sight impairment
The Topcon CA-200F

BCLA Contact Lens Practitioner of the Year 2017, Laura Reece, on her increased use of the topographer and the benefits it brings
- OT news and features
- Pulished 18 Sep 2017
- by Emily McCormick
Practitioner stories Sight test NHS Patients Feature
Using NHS terms

LOCSU’s CEO Richard Whittington on the importance of using the correct terminology when speaking to commissioners
- OT news and features
- Pulished 06 Sep 2017
- by Emily McCormick
Health services NHS Government Feature
Man who lost sight due to treatment delays demands answers

Macular Society calls for action to be taken after hearing this “extremely concerning” story
- OT news and features
- Pulished 30 Aug 2017
- by Emily McCormick
Charity Treatment NHS AMD
Optegra named Doctify’s number one

The private healthcare provider receives a top rating from the online platform
- OT news and features
- Pulished 22 Aug 2017
- by Emily McCormick
Health services Health Business NHS
Optical Express launches surgery fund for NHS and emergency service workers

The multiple is offering £1 million worth of refractive surgery treatments for a group of people who a survey found “are most deserving of our thanks”
- OT news and features
- Pulished 17 Jul 2017
- by Emily McCormick
High Street Multiple Campaign NHS