Coronavirus
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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
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It is easy to be despondent, but a positive new world is in our grasp – optometry simply needs to break out and find a new vision, optometrist Richard Edwards tells OT
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Optometrist Faye McDearmid on finding a balance between traditional and digital modes of communication during a pandemic
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Every issue, OT poses a scenario from a practitioner. Here, we look at providing domiciliary care to patients who have continued to shield
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Mohamed Ayyaz Kasmani of Feltham Eyecare on relaying post-lockdown safety messages through animated video
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Rochdale-based locum optometrist Atif Hussain was one of the first to sign up to work for the NHS’s Test and Trace team. He tells OT about his new role handling local outbreaks
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From door shifts on the entrance to the building, to reporting the data on patient deaths, optometrist Rose Wright tells OT how her day job transformed when COVID-19 arrived at her hospital
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How Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre’s Dr Waheeda Illahi, Rosie Auld and Dr Peter Good are managing challenges in the COVID-19 recovery phase
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While grappling with the profound implications of coronavirus will take time, supporting registrants exercising professional judgement in the delivery of eye care is key, writes chief executive and registrar at the General Optical Council, Lesley Longstone
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Dan Varcoe, owner of Varcoe Eyecare in St Austell, on how he’s prioritising patient care as his practice fully reopens