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

The big questions

From sight test funding to mega mergers and the environmental impact of PPE, OT explores five issues facing the profession
- 18 min read
- Health services
NHS Government GOS GOC Business Practice management Feature
Eye care professionals recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours

A Moorfields Eye Hospital nurse consultant and Blind Veterans UK residential care manager are among those acknowledged
- Practitioner stories
Awards NHS Blind Customer service
Practice team guide
Mastering triage

Making sure patients get the right care at the right time is an essential aspect of offering a quality eye care service. Practice team members share their thoughts on how to embed a successful triage process
- 5 min read
- Health services
NHS Extended services Customer service Practice management Feature
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High-volume cataract service included within £160m plan to ease hospital wait lists

The funding boost aims to develop a blueprint for the post-pandemic recovery of elective surgery within the NHS
- Health services
Health Treatment Cataracts NHS
Moorfields Eye Hospital optometrist wins research award

Dr Reena Chopra received the George Giles postgraduate research prize from the College of Optometrists
- Research
NHS AMD Imaging Hospital optometrists
UK surgeons use robot to remove tumour next to eye

Clinicians from Moorfields Eye Hospital and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust undertook the pioneering procedure
- Research
Treatment NHS
Easing the bottleneck for IP placements

Independent prescribing optometrists will be able to complete up to 55% of their clinical sessions remotely
- Blogs
- 6
- 1
GOC Customer service NHS Treatment
New Moorfields chief executive appointed

Dr Martin Kuper, chief medical officer of London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, will take up the role later in 2021
- Health services
Hospital optometrists NHS Appointments
The new renaissance

A year after the first UK lockdown how can eye care rebuild? From telemedicine in Wales to a drive-through glaucoma service, OT finds out how leaders within the profession are charting a path forward
- 10 min read
- Health services
- 1
Glaucoma Customer service NHS Feature
Moorfields Eye Hospital and Kings College Hospital collaborate to save sight

Surgeons from Kings College Hospital have treated 15 patients at risk of losing their sight using Moorfields Eye Hospital facilities
- Health services
Hospital optometrists NHS Treatment Glaucoma