John White

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

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?
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Health Coronavirus Patients Primary care
Paper GOS forms changing from 1 February

Video and webinars from PCSE support users to move their GOS claims online
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Health Primary care Practice management
New ways to be flexible

Finding a safe path in an alien landscape
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Coronavirus Government Customer service Health Sight test
Doing things right, and doing the right things

When and how will the government get the UK back to work?
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Coronavirus Government Health Sight test
Making difficult decisions

The world responds to the coronavirus outbreak
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Government Health
The devil in the detail

The roll-out of comprehensive risk stratified care utilising the skill mix of hospital and community optometrists remains difficult to achieve, Melanie Hingorani tells OT
- Health services
Health Feature
Creative spirits

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

Time – its meaning, its preciousness – has been on my mind this week due to a rather special art installation
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Sight test Health
A gift from the Gods

The Greek ruins that offer a telling glimpse into the history of medicine
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Health
Pepper spray causes eye health concerns for Tour de France riders

Cyclists forced to pause mid race after their vision was affected by toxic cloud created by the police
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Health Sight impairment