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

Back to 2003

06 Dec 2018 by John White

President Bush, Bad Santa, Sir Alex…and a rather special genome project

Blog NHS
Ping pong progress

15 Nov 2018 by John White

When it is the right time to procrastinate and when it is not

Blog CET GOC
Creative spirits

01 Nov 2018 by John White

How Halloween has entered the festive calendar – and how it continues to fire-up the imagination

Blog Health
“A much-needed lifeline for small firms”

31 Oct 2018 by John White

Following the Chancellor’s Autumn Budget statement, OT spoke to the Federation of Small Businesses’ national chairman, Mike Cherry (pictured), for his view of its impact for the High Street and on optometrists’ wallets

Practice owners Employers
Watching the clock

11 Oct 2018 by John White

Time – its meaning, its preciousness – has been on my mind this week due to a rather special art installation

Sight test Health
An evolving workforce

09 Oct 2018 by John White

Research advisor at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), Melanie Green (pictured), on the trends and changes to the workforce

Business Feature
Tough words for the GOC on its FTP performance

28 Sep 2018 by John White

The latest Professional Standards Authority’s review of the regulator highlights avoidable delays and concerns with the new triage decision-making process for fitness to practise cases

GOC Professional conduct
More to optometry than meets the eye

25 Sep 2018 by John White, Laurence Derbyshire

Cubitts’ optometrist, Jewlsy Mathews, on how fate led her to study optometry

Independent Sight test Feature
Vision Expo West prepares to open its doors to attendees

24 Sep 2018 by John White

The Las Vegas show promises over 400 exhibitors, education opportunities and fashion influencers

Events Products
A B See campaign receives national coverage

24 Sep 2018 by John White

The AOP’s children’s eye health campaign was covered by the BBC and national daily newspapers

AOP Campaign Children