Practitioner stories

Video tributes from Kuwait to Sri Lanka were played at a service remembering the late ophthalmologist and bestselling author

Dr Heidi Edmundson introduced 10-minute game sessions to the emergency department at Whittington hospital. She tells OT  about the importance of prioritising wellness in a fast-paced profession

As the head of optometry at Moorfields Eye Hospital, Dan Ehrlich, retires, he shares insight into his career with OT 

Service manager of ophthalmic imaging at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Pete Toomey, discusses how he could not do without his OCT

Matthew Carter works for Moorfields Eye Hospital on a part-time basis within the external disease clinic and contact lens service. His contact lens role involves supervision and training of colleagues in specialist contact lenses. He is also a director of the Linklater Warren group of independent practices in the South East

OT  talks with five optometrists under 30 to find out their hopes and predictions for the future of optometry

OT  speaks to ophthalmologist John Bolger about running his own eye hospital in London

A 51-year-old patient with a blue, globular lesion on her eye was diagnosed with acquired total anterior staphyloma

A 67-year-old patient with altered vision following a fall was found to have a dislocated lens

A patient suffered 360-degree corneal melt after contracting gonococcal keratoconjunctivitis