Locum optometrist, Sammara Ahmed, on the instant variety that locuming provides her and realising she is valued during the pandemic

Optometry Wales chief executive, Sali Davis, and Angharad Bowie, optometrist at Haverfordwest Specsavers, give OT  an insight into optometry’s role in the COVID-19 vaccination programme in Wales

Optometrist and director at the Hakim Group practice, Eyecare Excellence, Elysia Harvey, reflects on the pathology and protocol benefits that the Optomap brings to her business

Specsavers Haverfordwest director, Andy Britton, on how an interest in clinical optometry has helped him achieve his goals

Optometrists share their reflections a year after the first UK lockdown on 23 March, 2020

Pre-reg optometrist, Hafsah Raja, shares with OT  the value of friendship, collaboration and support in fellow optometrist and friend, Brooke Hutchins

Anjana Taank, of Cambridge independent Taank Optometrists, on bouncing back from a fire and flood during the pandemic

Dr Liat Gantz on lightbulb moments, running research experiments, and the importance of coffee

Patient Robert Adams, 75, and optometrist, Iain Milne, from Ellerker Opticians, a Hakim Group practice in Shrewsbury, on identifying signs of a stroke

It is time to ease the burden on secondary care and expand the role of the low vision optometrists in the certification of vision impairment, optometrist Rebecca Bartlett explains to OT