Practitioner stories

While the barriers to change in primary and secondary care can appear insurmountable, Julie Dowdney sets out a vision where local NHS teams, orthoptists, optometrists and ophthalmologists collaborate and learn together

Optometrist and independent practice owner of Edwards & Walker Opticians, Pretty Basra, talks to OT  about her interest in children’s vision, her PhD and balancing work, study and family life

Fitting contact lenses for older children and teenagers can have a positive emotional impact, improving self-perception and confidence, even in those who are typically happy to wear glasses, optometrist and Cardiff University lecturer, Dr Katharine Evans explains

Behavioural optometrist, Bhavin Shah, tells OT  about managing eight-year-old Rian’s myopia with contact lenses, and how he helped dad, Hiten Shah, overcome his concerns

Work to improve the eye care of children with Down’s syndrome has been recognised with the Queen’s Anniversary Prize

A specialist clinic that will deliver eye care to children with special needs in the Midlands will be established at Aston University

Nick Rumney joined fellow optometrists in India for the One Bright Vision Child Health programme

James Chen explores what philanthropy means to him, and how his charitable initiatives aim to pull down the barriers to vision correction across the globe

OT  speaks to Lisa Donaldson about delivering sight tests, spectacles, eye care education and support to nine schools in the UK

"You observe step by step these very young infants starting to see for the first time, to explore and become quite confident”