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

WCSM event hears of “wasted potential” among those with sight loss

Only one in four people with sight loss are in employment in the UK – equivalent to 500 double decker buses of untapped talent in London alone
- Optical organisations
Blind Sight impairment Events
Rating the regulator: GOC meets 17 of 18 Standards for Good Regulation

The Professional Standard Authority has published its annual assessment of the optical regulator’s performance
- Optical organisations
GOC Professional conduct
Women in Vision UK to expand

The network for women working in optometry, ophthalmology and vision sciences has a new structure and website
- Optical organisations
NHS
Optometrists encouraged to complete GOC survey

The optical regulator has launched its 2022 Registrant Workforce and Perceptions survey
- Optical organisations
GOC Practice management Coronavirus
Optical sector steps up to help Ukrainian refugees

Polish members of the European Council of Optometry and Optics are offering free eye care to people fleeing the conflict in Ukraine
- Charity
Spectacles
GOC appoints optometrists to new roles

Optometrists Rukaiya Anwar and Harry Singh have become council associates at the optical regulator
- Optical organisations
GOC
OBVA to run online seminar

The Orthoptic and Binocular Vision Association event will cover topics from BV in children to the association between BV and systemic disease
- Optical organisations
Conference Events
Practices that assemble spectacles or surface lenses reminded to register with MHRA

Requirements to register with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency remain unchanged following Brexit
- Optical organisations
Practice management Spectacles
GOC appoints new chief executive and registrar

Current GOC director of education, Leonie Milliner, will take up the role in January 2022
- Optical organisations
GOC Appointments
The ABC of CPD

What does the change from CET to CPD mean for the profession? OT outlines what the switch to continuing professional development will mean for how optometrists learn after qualification
- 12 min read
- Optical organisations
Education CET Customer service Coronavirus Extended services Feature