How I got here

Dharmesh has his hands crossed and stands in front of a wall wearing a grey suit

“I wanted to create impact on a bigger scale”

Dharmesh Patel, chief executive of Primary Eyecare Services, on his career beginnings and his ambitions for the future of optometry

Career development

03 Oct 10 min read 11 mins

Liz has blonde hair and is stood against a white wall wearing a black top and blue lanyard

“Having lots of people to support and push me has been really important”

Hospital optometry

01 Aug 5 min read mins

Amit Sharma

“Any role that I go to, I want to try and better myself”

Business and practice management

05 Jun 13 min read 15 mins

Specsavers, Haverfordwest opening

“The journey to Wales has been really good for me”

Business and practice management

04 Apr 5 min read 6 mins

Dr Grant Robinson is smiling at the camera whilst wearing a blue shirt, grey suit jacket and tortoiseshell glasses

“I feel privileged to be involved with programmes that make a real difference to patient care”

Practitioner stories

07 Feb 5 mins

Desislava smiles while posing next to a piece of optical equipmernt in a testing room. She is wearing large framed glasses

“I have found out who I am and what I enjoy”

Career development

27 Nov 2024 5 min read 5 mins

Andrew Bridges is wearing a grey suit and is looking towards the camera in a head and shoulders shot

“It is important to devote time to personal development”

Career development

29 Sep 2024 6 min read 6 mins

Christina is stood next to a leafy green tree in a garden, wearing beige trousers and a white cardigan

“I’m proud to be part of a team that has really made a difference to myopia management in the UK”

Career development

21 Jul 2024 7 min read 8 mins

Shahina Pardhan is wearing a red jacket and smiling off camera in a dark room

“Prevention of eye diseases in the community is vital”

Career development

28 May 2024 7 min read 7 mins

Karan is smiling in front of a grassy field and is wearing dark blue medical scrubs

“It is important to share knowledge as much as you can”

Career development

27 Mar 2024 4 mins

Navneet Gupta is wearing a dark grey suit and smiling widely at the camera

“If you don’t carry on learning and developing, you’ll be left behind”

Career development

07 Feb 2024 8 min read 1 mins

Susan in a red dress standing in the middle with three people standing on both sides of her. The group of people are standing outside on a sunny day in green area, all smiling.

“I’ve spent my whole life trying to enhance optometry and broaden its scale”

Career development

14 Jan 2024 5 min read 3 mins

Man in suit looking into the camera

“I truly believe I have the best job in optics”

Career development

14 Dec 2023

A Caucasian woman with long light brown hair smiles at the camera in front of a display of spectacle frames

“It’s nice to say yes to any opportunity”

Career development

29 Sep 2023 9 min read

A head and shoulders shot of a man wearing a grey suit and blue tie

“I can’t tell you how privileged I feel”

Career development

30 Jul 2023 5 min read 1

alvaro borges

“There’s a lot of work we can do in terms of health inequalities”

Career development

26 May 2023 7 min read

Christian Dutton

“I’m very optimistic about the future of the profession”

Career development

01 Apr 2023 6 min read

Patrick Friis

“Further education keeps things interesting”

Career development

04 Mar 2023 6 min read

Scott

“Myself and my wife have done everything together”

Career development

28 Jan 2023 7 min read 1

Nikhil villa vision

“I don’t think a role like this exists anywhere else in the country”

Career development

01 Dec 2022 9 min read

Siddhant in practice

“Being able to see the benefit and impact of primary care firsthand is invaluable”

Career development

30 Sep 2022 5 min read

Chris Evans

“I feel like I’ve become part of the community”

Career development

10 Sep 2022 9 min read

prison

“I’d like to think it has made me a better optometrist”

Career development

11 Aug 2022 11 min read

stan

“I value anything that keeps my working life varied”

Career development

21 Jul 2022 8 min read

Eilidh

“Optometry just popped into my head”

Career development

14 May 2022 7 min read

trail frame

“Hospital eye care has been a common theme throughout my career”

Career development

15 Apr 2022 6 min read 1

chris gould

“I find being on the open road much more enjoyable than being on the High Street”

Career development

18 Feb 2022 6 min read

Amit

“My ambition was always to teach”

Career development

21 Dec 2021 6 min read 1

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