Maurice Geary, director of Orbis’ Flying Eye Hospital, on the acceleration of blended learning during COVID-19 and how the charity’s training adapted to international lockdown

Professor Philip Morgan reports on how eye care practitioners can go about reducing the number of people discontinuing contact lens wear by proactively addressing the issue of contact lens discomfort in practice

Designed for comfort, speed, efficiency, and safety

Blind and partially sighted people have been suffering disproportionately under social distancing measures – but a new wearables initiative hopes to make life easier

Members are told to contact the association if practices do not take appropriate steps to address concerns

Alison Harwood, co-owner of Optika Opticians in Weston-super-Mare, on creating a COVID-safe environment that works for staff as well as patients

Open to any UK-registered charity, Solopress has also encouraged organisations working in optics and vision care to enter the prize draw

Eye care professionals identified the importance of comfort to patient satisfaction and improving levels of dropout in a roundtable hosted by Alcon and OT 

A survey by the membership organisation has revealed inequalities in gender, age and race in optical settings in Britain

OptiCommerce is running six webinars, which aim to help optometry professionals ‘build a better online presence’