Practitioner stories

Professor Arnold Wilkins highlights how fluorescent lighting could be causing eye-strain and headaches in schools and offices

Specialist optometrist, Elizabeth Kime, advocates a funded referral refinement scheme for all non-urgent referrals to ophthalmology, saving NHS resources

City, University of London’s Professor Christopher Tyler talks with OT  about his research suggesting Leonardo da Vinci had an eye misalignment

Drew Cochrane tells OT  how golf transformed his outlook

Optometrists, sisters and founders of the Optom Academy, Shamina and Sana Asif, and sales director of Mark Allen Exhibitions, Wasim Hamid, discuss spotting a case of orbital cellulitis while at a conference

Kalli McAllister lost an eye to retinoblastoma as a baby. She tells OT  about her daughter’s diagnosis and their support for research to improve treatment

OT  speaks with optometrists, Dr Martin Smith and Sheena Tanna-Shah, about how they prioritise wellbeing within their working lives

Optometrist at Classic Eyes, Craig Wilcox, and the owner of BiB Ophthalmic Instruments, Tim Baker, discuss an unplanned scan that led to a sight saving referral

A girl facing sight loss counts the number of steps between her favourite tree and the moment she can see it. Author Paola Peretti tells OT  why writing her first novel was a process of catharsis

Optometrist director at Raxworthy Visioncare, Richard Taylor, and his patient, Allan Napier, discuss an urgent referral for the possible recurrence of melanoma