Kimberley Young

Senior reporter

Kimberley Young is senior reporter for Optometry Today (OT), covering news and product announcements across the industry and High Street, both online and in the print journal. She also interviews optometry students on their journey into the profession for OT’s A to Optometry articles, and speaks to patients and practitioners for the An optometrist saved my life feature.

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  College proposal for additional IP mentors approved

  Following GOC approval, registered independent prescribers will be able to sign off individual clinical practice placement sessions for IP trainees

  • OT news and features
  • Published 08 Sep 2021
  • Kimberley Young

  Optical organisations Independent prescribers Education
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  “Having this qualification will allow us to deliver even better patient care”

  Amit Sharma, optometrist and director at Hakim Group's Pinder & Moore Opticians, in Kingswinford, and lecturers at Ulster University, Dr Julie McClelland and Patrick Richardson, discuss a special cohort of IP training

  • OT news and features
  • Published 16 Aug 2021
  • Kimberley Young

  Practitioner stories Primary care Coronavirus Independent prescribers Feature
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  Virtual clinics set to be enabled for meeting IP logbook requirements

  The GOC has agreed to a “more flexible” approach to meeting logbook requirements in independent prescriber training, a decision expected to help optometrists complete their training

  • OT news and features
  • Published 22 May 2021
  • Kimberley Young

  Clinical and regulatory GOC Primary care Independent prescribers
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  “CLEAR will make a tangible, long-lasting difference to eye health”

  OT  spoke with BCLA president, Indie Grewal, ahead of the publication of the Contact Lens Evidence-based Academic Reports in March

  • OT news and features
  • Published 26 Jan 2021
  • Kimberley Young

  Contact lenses Independent prescribers Hospital optometrists Practice management Education
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  LOCSU finds 77% of CCGs offer an urgent eye care service

  Data from LOCSU has shown a 24% increase in the number of clinical commissioning groups with urgent eye care services (MECS and CUES) since start of the pandemic

  • OT news and features
  • Published 04 Dec 2020
  • Kimberley Young

  Optical organisations Primary care Practice owners Independent prescribers
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  BBR Optometry joins the Hakim Group

  Nicholas Rumney, chairman of BBR Optometry, speaks to OT  about joining the Hakim Group, the changes that COVID-19 has brought, and practice business models

  • OT news and features
  • Published 03 Dec 2020
  • Kimberley Young

  High Street Primary care Business Practice management Independent prescribers Coronavirus