Selina Powell

Assistant editor

Selina Powell is assistant editor for Optometry Today, where she focuses on covering the latest innovations and research in eye health. She also profiles what optometrists get up to outside of the consulting room through her regular Secret life of the optometrist feature.

Selina worked as a journalist for weekly and daily newspapers in New Zealand before moving to the UK in 2016.

More articles by Selina Powell

IR35: tax shakeup to extend to private sector

Locum optometrists and practices that employ locums will be affected by tax changes that take effect in April 2020
- OT news and features
- Pulished 01 Oct 2019
- by Selina Powell
Business management Locums Business HR Government Legislation
“How the complaint is managed is key”

Optical Consumer Complaints Service consultant, Richard Edwards, discussed navigating negative feedback at 100% Optical
- OT news and features
- Pulished 25 Jan 2019
- by Selina Powell
Business management Customer service Communication 100% Optical
Health Secretary outlines preparations for no-deal Brexit

NHS workers have been discouraged from stockpiling medicines in a letter describing plans for the “unlikely scenario” of an EU exit without agreement
- OT news and features
- Pulished 12 Dec 2018
- by Selina Powell
Health services Government NHS Business management Legislation
The art of communication

Optometrists, Gordon Ilett and Sarah Morgan, share their tips for creating a seamless patient experience through enhanced communication
- OT news and features
- Pulished 04 Dec 2018
- by Selina Powell
Business management Communication Feature
Wandering eye

Two former UK optometrists handed out 30 hockey pucks following their presentation Canadian optometry: it's not all maple syrup and beavers
- OT news and features
- Pulished 30 Jan 2018
- by Selina Powell
Practitioner stories Sight test Business Business management 100% Optical
How a tax shakeup will affect practitioners

David Davies, of TWD Accountants, speaks to OT about changes to the IR35 tax system and the impact for optometrists
- OT news and features
- Pulished 23 May 2017
- by Selina Powell
Business management Government Legislation Business
Service as normal across Moorfields sites

Moorfields Eye Hospital is unaffected by a ransomware cyber attack that caused severe disruptions in the NHS, but staff “remain vigilant”
- OT news and features
- Pulished 16 May 2017
- by Selina Powell
Business management Business Hospital optometrists NHS
Locum platform

Online platform, My Locum Choice, plans on launching a service for optometrists by the end of the year
- OT news and features
- Pulished 09 May 2017
- by Selina Powell
Business management Locums Practice management Business