Practitioner stories
Optometrists, dispensing opticians and eye care professionals from across optics share their stories
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Practice owner Peter Frampton was in the first class of optometrists to qualify in independent prescribing, in 2009. More than a decade on, he explains how having a fully IP staff has huge benefits for the contact lens side of his business
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Dr Nery Garcia-Porta on supportive colleagues at ARU, the impact of lockdown, and relaxing with her cat
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Experts share their tips on how to ensure that every patient who walks through the door of an optical practice feels welcome
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Experts from across the optometry spectrum discuss their experiences of the past 12 months, and what they think teleoptometry’s place will be in 2021 and beyond
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The “dedicated” and “immeasurably kind” practice owner, dispensing optician and contact lens optician has died at the age of 63
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The Edinburgh optometrist who “shone a light on the path for others to follow” died in December at the age of 84
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UltraVision project engineer, Nick Stonehouse (pictured), on paying tribute to the memory of his daughter and organ donor through discus
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Air conditioning was sparse and mobile phones non-existent when Nick Howard first qualified in 1984. He highlights the rise of dry eye in a digital age
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Paying tribute to the practitioner, his son observed: “The advancement of any profession is dependent upon the mavericks”