Our movement over the last 60 days

Our latest CPD Video features a trio of optometrists from the AOP’s clinical and regulatory team, Roshni Kanabar, Henry Leonard and Kevin Wallace. OT’s Ceri Smith-Jaynes and Laurence Derbyshire explore ethics and optometry with them. Take the CPD Video. 

OT’s Selina Powell visited Parliament to speak to newly elected MP, Shockat Adam, about championing eye care within Parliament and serving the people of Leicester South. Read more. 

OT’s Laurence Derbyshire and Selina Powell met via Teams with locum optometrist Francesca Marchetti to discuss how opting to locum has afforded her diversity in her workload, from hospital optometry and academia to professional bodies. Watch our video.

OT’s Laurence Derbyshire and Lucy Miller met with chief executive of LOCSU, Janice Foster, who explained how the organisation is working to empower Local Optical Committees. Watch our video. 

Listen to the latest episode of The OT Podcast, where we speak to consultant ophthalmologist Allon Barsam about myopia, presbyopia, and the latest in LASIK. 

OT workshopped some fresh content ideas with the AOP’s new student representatives. Read more student content from OT. 

OT’s Selina Powell and Laurence Derbyshire visited Moorfields Eye Hospital to speak to recently-appointed head of optometry, Vijay Anand, and his team about the facility’s strategic goals, as well as remote care and artificial intelligence. More coming soon. 

OT’s Lucy Miller and Laurence Derbyshire attended the AOP’s Hospital and Specialty Optometrists Conference (HOSC) in Manchester at the end of September. Attended by 255 optometrists, OT captured key lectures and interviewed speakers about the education they delivered. Read more about the conference.