OT on the go

Our movements over the past 60 days

We take a look at the movements of the  OT team across October and November

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Ceri (left) with fellow volunteer Elaine and park ranger, Ed

Ceri Smith-Jaynes

08 December 2024

From Watford to Westminster, with Manchester in between, over the past two months the OT team has been out and about attending a number of events where they have been filming and interviewing people from across the sector. Here is a snapshot of what we have been up to in the past 60 days.

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Giving back

AOP Away Day

In October, staff at the AOP stepped away from their desks and turned their hands to a range of community projects across London and beyond. OT’s clinical editor for multimedia, Ceri Smith-Jaynes, lent a helping hand at Victoria Jubilee Gardens in St Annes. Sharing insight into her day volunteering, she told OT: “We strimmed, raked and cleared a load of litter, cut back the beech hedge and cleared a lot of leaves – I even managed to return a dog collar to Snowey’s owner.” Pictured is Ceri (left) with fellow volunteer Elaine and park ranger, Ed.

A man with black framed glasses wearing a suit is holding a A4 sized with a title that reads, It's time to talk about hearing

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Audiology in Parliament

Press event

OT’s Kimberley Young attended the It’s Time To Talk About Hearing event hosted in the Houses of Parliament by MP Yasmin Qureshi, Specsavers, and Dr Zoe Williams, to learn more about calls to enable self-referral for High Street hearing services. Read more.

Seven people standing side by side, all dressed in smart clothes A few people are holding a orange A4 sized leaflet. An assistance guide dog is sitting in front of the group

3

Changing attitudes

Event

OT’s Lucy Miller listened to MP Alison McGovern, minister of state for employment, at the launch of the Changing attitudes; changing lives report as she set out the Government’s ambitions to work with people with disabilities to increase the number of people in employment. Read more.

Two children hugging each other weather heart shaped paper frames

IAPB/Abdullah Almajed

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An image is worth 1000 words

Competition

OT’s editor, Emily McCormick, had the pleasure of helping to judge this year’s Word Sight Day photo competition. Read more.

On the left a male optometrist is sitting in a practice testing room and on the right is a female journalist holding a notepad.

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Glaucoma in practice

Video

OT’s Selina Powell and Laurence Derbyshire spoke to Dr Peter Campbell about how optometrists can play a greater role in clinical care. The interview provides an online exclusive video for The Money matters edition cover story. Watch the video.

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Expanding MIGS

Video

OT’s Lucy Miller and Laurence Derbyshire travelled to Watford to visit CHEC and learn about its new approach to minimally invasive glaucoma surgery. Watch the video.

One of OT's female journalists wearing sunglasses at an event

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Transitions learnings

Press event

OT’s Kimberley Young joined EssilorLuxottica in Manchester to celebrate Transitions Gen S lens, which officially launched this summer. More than 200 eye care professionals attended the October event at the Kimpton Clocktower Hotel in Manchester, where experts from EssilorLuxottica took to the stage to explain the development of the technology behind the lens. Read more.