Practitioner stories

Southampton marathon runner and triathlete, Chris Goodwin, talks with OT  about personal bests, retinitis pigmentosa and why motivation has to come from within

Cheshire grandmother, Bernice Kyte, 67, shares her experience of being diagnosed with ocular melanoma

Specsavers optometrist, Alison Dunne, and her patient, Peter Hoey, speak about the referral that led to a blood transfusion

British artist and sculptor, Ben Taylor, was only the thirtieth patient to present at a specialist London hospital with a rare parasitic infection. He shares his experience with OT 

Specsavers optometrist, Pratish Bhundia, and grandmother of eight-year-old Kian Priest, Cherryle Levett, discuss a referral that led to brain surgery

Photographer Giles Duley lost three limbs after stepping on a landmine in Afghanistan. He shared his story of finding hope in the bleakest places at NOC

The Outside Clinic optometrist, Jaclyn Fortune, and her patient’s daughter, Christine Lees, talk about the referral process after identifying bleeding at the back of both eyes

Optometrist at AJ Spurrett Opticians in Blackburn, Nazmeen Ahmed, and her patient, Zamil Munshi, share how Mr Munshi’s first sight test led to a diagnosis of high blood pressure

Optometrist at Waterloo Eye Centre, Cortney Melia, and her 22-year-old patient Josh Lovett, discuss how being convinced to have a sight test led to the detection of a sight threatening tumour

Molsom & Associates optometrist, Ian Price, and his patient, Georgina Harrison, tell OT  about mentally processing a diagnosis of ocular melanoma