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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  Making that incisive pass

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

  • OT news and features
  • Published 01 Jul 2021
  • John White

  Patients Coronavirus
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  “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

  • OT news and features
  • Published 11 Jun 2021
  • John White, Laurence Derbyshire

  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?

  • OT news and features
  • Published 03 Jun 2021
  • John White

  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?

  • OT news and features
  • Published 29 Apr 2021
  • John White

  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?

  • OT news and features
  • Published 18 Mar 2021
  • John White

  Health Coronavirus Patients Primary care
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  Marking milestones

  Finding ways to make a difference in difficult times

  • OT news and features
  • Published 04 Feb 2021
  • John White

  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

  • OT news and features
  • Published 08 Jan 2021
  • John White

  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

  • OT news and features
  • Published 17 Dec 2020
  • John White

  NHS Patients Practice management Coronavirus
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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
  • Published 17 Nov 2020
  • 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
  • Published 12 Nov 2020
  • John White

  NHS Practice management Patients Coronavirus