John White

Editor and deputy communications director

John White is the editor of Optometry Today (OT), where he focuses on developing content for the journal and the website. Readers with ideas for articles and news stories, as well as letters for OT’s Letters page, are encouraged to get in touch.

John is also deputy director of communications for the AOP, and his background is in STEM publishing.

More articles by John White

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  Paper GOS forms changing from 1 February

  Video and webinars from PCSE support users to move their GOS claims online

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 14 Jan 2021
  • by John White, Laurence Derbyshire

  Health services Health Primary care Practice management
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  “It is so important that we have good quality, honest conversations”

  CIPD research adviser, Melanie Green, speaks to OT  about sensitive ways to apply diversity and inclusion management in the workplace

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 08 Jan 2021
  • by John White

  Business management HR Patients Coronavirus
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  NHS England cancels planned GOS grant deductions, OFNC confirms

  Move described as ‘fair and simple solution’ to reimburse practices for PPE costs incurred before online portal was accessible to contractors

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 18 Dec 2020
  • by John White

  Practice management GOS NHS
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  A hard year to put into words

  From “lockdown” to “unmute” – the words that tell the story of our year

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 17 Dec 2020
  • by John White

  NHS Patients Practice management Coronavirus
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  AOP Annual General Meeting 2020

  Annual report and accounts approved for 2019

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 15 Dec 2020
  • by John White

  AOP
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  Gerda Goldinger: in remembrance

  A warm, wise and supportive colleague who always went the extra mile for AOP members

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 01 Dec 2020
  • by John White

  AOP Obituary
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  “We have had very impressive results”

  UK study looks into the feasibility of self-performed visual field tests for glaucoma patients

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 17 Nov 2020
  • by John White, Laurence Derbyshire

  Research Glaucoma Patients
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  An injection of hope

  The announcement of interim results of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine gets the world talking about an exit strategy

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 12 Nov 2020
  • by John White

  NHS Practice management Patients Coronavirus
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  AOP launches virtual events series for hospital optometry

  Webinars and peer discussions will be available in November for members

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 29 Oct 2020
  • by John White

  AOP Hospital optometrists
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  Contact lens practice questionnaire launched

  UK and Italian researchers collaborate on clinical study looking at impact of COVID-19 on contact lens practice

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 22 Oct 2020
  • by John White

  Research Coronavirus Contact lenses