John White

Director of communications

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

• Coronavirus
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  The big questions for optics: a view from new AOP Councillors

  What does 2021 have in store? And how will the profession respond? OT  asked some of the AOP’s new Council intake for their reflections, goals and concerns

  • 9 min read

  • AOP

  AOP Coronavirus Feature
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  Making that incisive pass

  A digital revolution is needed to tackle a mounting backlog of patients

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  Patients Coronavirus
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  The roundtable

  “Patients were so relieved to actually get hold of someone to speak to”

  How virtual consultations have won the support of patients and allied healthcare professionals – and why the change in approach and extended scope of practice for optometry should stay post-pandemic

  • 11 min read

  • Practitioner stories

  Practitioner stories Practice management Primary care Treatment Patients Sight test Coronavirus Feature
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  The go-to for all things eyes

  What changes would you like to see to help the profession move forward?

  • Blogs
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  Primary care Coronavirus Patients
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  Out of our comfort zone

  How do we turn disruption into meaningful long-lasting change for the good?

  • Blogs

  Coronavirus Patients Primary care Students
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  Five big themes for the nation to coalesce around

  We are still in lockdown, deaths from COVID-19 continue to rise, and delays to the supply of vaccines are set to cause a slowdown in the rollout. So, are calls for a public inquiry to ask, ‘how did we get here?’ fair – or mistimed?

  • Blogs
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  Health Coronavirus Patients Primary care
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  Marking milestones

  Finding ways to make a difference in difficult times

  • Blogs

  Patients NHS Coronavirus
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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

  • 5 min read

  • Business management

  Business management HR Patients Coronavirus
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  A hard year to put into words

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

  • Blogs

  NHS Patients Practice management Coronavirus
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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

  • Blogs

  NHS Practice management Patients Coronavirus