What does the research say about the effectiveness of minor eye condition services? OT  spoke with Professor John Lawrenson about his work examining initiatives

Optometrist and co-founder of Specsavers, Doug Perkins, spoke exclusively to OT  about his vision for optics in the future

Optometrist and director of Specsavers Newport, Craig MacKenzie, speaks to OT  about the “first of its kind” AMD screening and treatment centre

Wendy Craven shares her experiences

On the first anniversary of LOCSU’s Breakthrough Strategy, its new chief operating officer, Richard Whittington, spoke with OT ’s Olivia Wannan

DO and chair of Devon LOC, Max Halford, on how it became the first LOC in England to win a diabetic retinopathy screening contract

Funding to alleviate business rate woes, and higher tax rates for locums feature in announcement

An overhaul of optometric education and pressures within the optical profession were under the spotlight at the latest AOP Council meeting

Crofton Park Opticians optometrists, Pritesh Patel and Nimisha Patel, draw satisfaction from their varied MECS caseload

The results of the GOC’s registrants survey show that practices will need to address the impact of the commercial environment, writes David Rowland