Practitioner stories
Optometrists, dispensing opticians and eye care professionals from across optics share their stories
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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
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As a workforce, optometrists are more likely to be balancing work and childcare commitments than in the past. OT delves into the trend
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Independent practice owner and low vision-accredited optometrist, Andrew Hobby, explains how his low vision aid kit is a must have in practice and on home visits
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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
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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
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Optometrist Julie Wadey explains how her work was transformed when she encountered the Cobra when working at Anne Gill Eyecare in Portsmouth
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Molsom & Associates optometrist, Ian Price, and his patient, Georgina Harrison, tell OT about mentally processing a diagnosis of ocular melanoma
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OT talks with five optometrists under 30 to find out their hopes and predictions for the future of optometry
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Kris Cottier was presented with the badge of the League of Mercy at a ceremony in London last week