More articles by Selina Powell

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  Only 17% of qualified optometrists prepared to move for “ideal” role

  Headline findings from a workforce survey of more than 2000 optometrists were revealed at the latest AOP Council meeting
  

  • 5 min read

  • AOP

  Practice management Business
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  Learning from the Canadian model of optometry

  Former UK optometrists, Dr Euan McGinty and Dr John Wilson, share their experience of practising in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia
  

  • Practitioner stories

  Practice management Business Independent Government Feature
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  In the public eye

  Head of policy and research at the General Optical Council, David Rowland, talks with OT  about key insights into how the public views the profession

  • 5 min read

  • Research

  GOC Business Customer service Practice management Feature
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  Proof positive: reinventing a practice through evidence

  An independent that adapted its business model on the basis of data gathered in practice now derives half its income from chair time

  • 6 min read

  • Research

  Universities Business Practice management Sight test
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  Delays to GOS payments

  For the fourth month in a row, Primary Care Support England has confirmed that some contractors will be affected by late GOS payments
  

  • Health services

  GOS Practice management Business NHS Government
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  Mind the gap

  Women earn less than 80p for each pound men receive when median hourly rates are compared at Vision Express and Boots Opticians

  • 9 min read

  • High Street

  Business Multiple Hospital optometrists Practice management
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  “An apology goes a long way”

  OCCS resolution manager Dawn Slocombe tells OT  how she guides patients and professionals through conflict
  

  • Optical organisations

  Customer service Business Practice management Patients Practice management
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  Robotic vision

  OT  talks with two specialist optometrists about how they are using technology to improve patient care

  • 5 min read

  • Research

  Sight test Business Retina OCT Diabetes Feature
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  Copy or keeper? Trading Standards’ take-home message for optics

  OC releases guidance after the consumer regulator challenged whether customers know that the frames they try on are the ones they will ultimately purchase

  • Optical organisations

  Optical Confederation Spectacles Communication Customer service Business
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  Capita implements special measures to minimise payment delays

  Some GOS contractors will receive ad-hoc reimbursement to ensure that all payments are made by the end of March
  

  • Health services
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  GOS Government Practice management Business