Laurence Derbyshire

Video production editor

Laurence is video production editor at Optometry Today (OT), where he produces videos on a wide range of optical-rated topics. He is also involved in the production of OT's CET videos and the AOP's popular 60 second guides. You also might spot him lurking at the back of events with a camera.

More articles by Laurence Derbyshire

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  Meet the myopia control community

  Eye care practitioners spoke to OT  about the importance of managing myopia in practice

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 02 Feb 2021
  • by Leah Boyle, Laurence Derbyshire

  Contact lenses Children Health Myopia Business Patients Practice owners
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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
  • Pulished 17 Nov 2020
  • by John White, Laurence Derbyshire

  Research Glaucoma Patients
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  Meeting the critical need for contact lens comfort

  Eye care professionals identified the importance of comfort to patient satisfaction and improving levels of dropout in a roundtable hosted by Alcon and OT 

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 20 Oct 2020
  • by Kimberley Young, John White, Laurence Derbyshire

  Contact lenses Business Customer service Communication Patients Feature
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  Using technology to provide eye care to the “invisible patients”

  OT  speaks to Peek’s head of programme training, Karen Sparrow

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 18 Mar 2020
  • by Emily McCormick, Laurence Derbyshire

  Technology Sight test Patients 100% Optical
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  Optometry and the NHS: a partnership

  Specsavers trio share insight into the multiple’s strategy for partnering with the NHS

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 21 Feb 2020
  • by Emily McCormick, Laurence Derbyshire

  High Street Multiple NHS Government Patients 100% Optical
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  Consumers discuss their experiences with contact lenses

  CooperVision has hosted a consumer roundtable to find out more about the experiences of contact lens wearers

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 05 Feb 2020
  • by Emily McCormick, Laurence Derbyshire

  Contact lenses Patients Business
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  Improving patient care with MECS

  OT  visited two practices in Wolverhampton to find out how MECS benefits patients and the reputation of optometry

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 03 Dec 2019
  • by Andrew McClean, Laurence Derbyshire

  High Street Independent Extended services Patients Primary care
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  Peer view: Contact lenses

  Optometrist and OT  clinical editor for multimedia, Ceri Smith-Jaynes, provides a 20-minute tutorial on contact lenses

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 03 Dec 2019
  • by Ceri Smith-Jaynes, Laurence Derbyshire

  Career development Patients Feature
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  Giving patients confidence

  President of the BCLA, Jonathon Bench, discusses contact lens management and innovations in the market

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 07 Nov 2019
  • by Andrew McClean, Laurence Derbyshire

  Optical organisations Patients
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  Personalised medicine: developing gene therapies

  OT  speaks to Professor Tara Moore about research that aims to develop a gene therapy for corneal dystrophy

  • OT news and features
  • Pulished 18 Sep 2019
  • by Emily McCormick, Laurence Derbyshire

  Research Genetics Treatment Patients