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

Dispensing optician who headbutted colleague in front of patients suspended

Orpington-based practitioner Olukolajo Kayode has been sanctioned by the General Optical Council
- OT news and features
- Pulished 08 May 2019
- by Selina Powell
Clinical and regulatory Professional conduct GOC
The history of regulation

AOP solicitor, Jenny Cummin, delves into the origins of public protection within healthcare
- OT news and features
- Pulished 02 Apr 2019
- by Selina Powell
AOP GOC Professional conduct Government Legislation Feature
From obstetrics to optics

The AOP’s head of professional discipline, Dejan Mladenovic, tells OT about his experience of working for the Nursing and Midwifery Council
- OT news and features
- Pulished 29 Mar 2019
- by Selina Powell
AOP GOC Professional conduct Feature
Dispensing optician who failed to declare sexual assault conviction suspended

A Yorkshire-based practitioner has been sanctioned by the GOC with a nine-month suspension order
- OT news and features
- Pulished 05 Feb 2019
- by Selina Powell
Clinical and regulatory GOC Professional conduct
GOC erases Scottish optometrist for clinical and record keeping failures

A Helensburgh-based practitioner has been sanctioned for failing to adequately assess patients and maintain proper records
- OT news and features
- Pulished 31 Jan 2019
- by Selina Powell
Clinical and regulatory GOC Professional conduct
Student optometrist who falsified grades sanctioned

The General Optical Council has issued a London-based optometry student with a 12-month suspension order
- OT news and features
- Pulished 21 Dec 2018
- by Selina Powell
Clinical and regulatory GOC Professional conduct
Social media and the law: four ways to stay safe online

AOP senior solicitor and director designate, Ella Franci, and AOP clinical director, Dr Peter Hampson share their top tips for avoiding legal trouble on the wild west of the web
- OT news and features
- Pulished 14 Dec 2018
- by Selina Powell
AOP Practice management Business Professional conduct Communication
Optometrist who submitted false registration application suspended

London-based optometrist, Kiran Jeerh, has received a six-month suspension order
- OT news and features
- Pulished 11 Dec 2018
- by Selina Powell
Clinical and regulatory GOC Professional conduct
GOC Acceptance Criteria makes it easier to “filter out” complaints

The optical regulator has published new criteria that set a benchmark for whether a fitness to practise complaint is investigated
- OT news and features
- Pulished 20 Nov 2018
- by Selina Powell
Optical organisations Professional conduct GOC
Sorting fact from fiction

The General Optical Council’s head of case progression, Keith Watts, unravels some common myths about professional conduct proceedings
- OT news and features
- Pulished 09 Nov 2018
- by Selina Powell
Optical organisations GOC Professional conduct Feature