Emily McCormick

Editor

Emily McCormick is the editor of Optometry Today (OT), responsible for the development of the bimonthly journal and its website, including new content and commercial initiatives. She also writes and commissions editorial, and welcomes readers with ideas for articles and stories to get in touch.

Propel students as a group outside smiling

Building confidence in the next generation of practitioners

Vishal Gohil, professional education and development manager at Alcon, speaks to OT about Alcon’s Propel programme for early career optometrists

Career development

06 Nov

Two co-workers engaged in a business review, examining documents on a laptop screen in a professional setting

GOC testing of sight proposals raise “fundamental concerns,” AOP says

AOP

29 Oct 2

A man sitting at a table looking and smiling at a female who has her back to the camera

Healthwatch England and local Healthwatch organisations to be retained

Government and regulation

29 Oct

A road at night with cars on lined with street lights

Drivers continue to struggle with headlight glare, new research reports

Government and regulation

28 Oct

Shahana Miah standing with an Alcon Propel cardboard frame

Early career digest

Propelled potential

Career development

27 Oct 5 min read

Lady smiling holding a baby

Newmedica highlights valuable role of grandparents

Patients

20 Oct

Risha Patel speaking at 100% Optical

A peek into working in industry

Career development

15 Oct

Sarah Lowry and Chris Gould standing outside by a tree trunk on the ground. They are looking at the camera and smiling

Independent domicilary service in North Wales changes hands

Domiciliary

14 Oct

Henry Leonard smiling on a skills guide titlecard

Skills Guide

Navigating tricky patient management scenarios

Students and pre-regs

13 Oct

Selina interviewing

OT on the go

Our movements over the past 60 days

AOP

02 Oct

Martyn dispensing glasses to a pupil

SeeAbility to provide special schools service to 70,000 children

NHS and health

01 Oct

Child laying on floor using OCT device

Compact eye-scanning technology could bring children’s monitoring into the home

Research

29 Sep

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Hakim Group recognised in best managed companies awards

On the High Street

29 Sep

John McGuinness

Specsavers appoints head of professional advancement

On the High Street

29 Sep

Linda Grant

Annual award will remember Linda Grant

NHS and health

28 Sep

Brown leaves

Practice team digest

Changing seasons and contact lenses

Practice team

28 Sep 5 min read

Female wearing glasses sitting at a table with a laptop open in front of her

AOP on what the Mann review means for optometry

AOP

10 Sep

A children making a picture of the Gruffalo

Charity to launch accessible edition of Gruffalo Granny on publication day

Patients

04 Sep

Kevin Thompson

Obituary: Kevin Thompson

AOP

03 Sep

GOC reception area

GOC publishes the results of its 2026 registrant workforce and perceptions survey

Government and regulation

03 Sep 2

Crowd at Specsavers PAC 2026

Specsavers to celebrate 100 years of the dispensing profession at PAC

On the High Street

27 Aug

A group of BCLA fellows

BCLA seeks 50 fellows to mark 50 years

Practitioner stories

27 Aug

Illustration of multiple speech marks

Locum digest

Five steps to talking to patients about presbyopia

Locuming

24 Aug 6 min read

Eliza smiles whilst sitting in a testing room

Eliza Jane McCall: “It definitely wasn’t easy, but it was a lot simpler than I thought”

Students and pre-regs

19 Aug

Henry Leonard

What is an internal referral?

Locuming

10 Aug

Henry Leonard

Safeguarding responsibilities: when to step in

Locuming

09 Aug

Henry Leonard

What to do if a patient refuses a referral

Locuming

08 Aug

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