Selina Powell

Features Editor

Selina Powell is the features editor of Optometry Today (OT), where she writes in-depth features for the print journal and is responsible for the development of supplements in collaboration with commercial partners. Selina also covers eye health research for OT, keeping practitioners up to date with the latest developments through the Science & vision section of the website and the clinical round-up in print. She talks to optometrists about their pursuits outside of the testing room for OT’s regular Secret life article, while her My vision feature showcases the experiences of people with conditions that affect their sight.

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

Navigating the digital High Street

The latest version of the Opticians Act was passed in the same year Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. Is it time for a reboot?
- Blogs
GOC Sight test Government Spectacles
The “lifestyle epidemic” of dry eye disease

The personal impact of living with dry eye disease was explored at an event organised by Théa Pharmaceuticals
- AOP
AOP Council Government Dry eye
In the dark

With cataract surgery waiting times in Northern Ireland measured in years, OT investigates the impact of delays on patients and the optometrists who care for them
- 5 min read
- Health services
Coronavirus Practice management Customer service Health Government GOS Cataracts Feature
The long view on short-sightedness

Ensuring equal access to myopia management options is a question of public health
- Blogs
Sight test Government
What to consider before shifting to a private model

OT asks AOP clinical and regulatory head, Henry Leonard, what practice owners should keep in mind when reducing GOS work
- 5 min read
- Business management
GOS Sight test Practice management Government
“The million-dollar question”: an insider’s guide to GOS negotiations

OT talks with the chair of the organisation responsible for negotiating the General Ophthalmic Services fee
- 8 min read
- Health services
GOS Sight test Practice management Government
Eye health coalition gains new members

The AOP and Royal College of Ophthalmologists have joined The Eyes Have It partnership
- Health services
Government Sight test
Sight test by subscription

Netflix, gym, coffee… eye plan? OT talks with practices about switching to private care and asks whether the future of eye care will be by monthly payment
- 10 min read
- High Street
Coronavirus Practice management Customer service Government GOS Feature
High Street heroes

From learning sign language to promoting healthy lifestyles, OT profiles the diverse ways optical professionals are giving back to their communities
- 11 min read
- High Street
Coronavirus Practice management Customer service Government GOS Feature
Connecting vulnerable families with sight tests in Blackpool

Locum optometrist, Sarah Bentley, and Lancashire & South Cumbria Local Eye Health Network chair, Tom Mackley, discuss Blackpool Better Start
- 6 min read
- Practitioner stories
Children Sight test Government

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