Practitioner stories

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

Fitting contact lenses for older children and teenagers can have a positive emotional impact, improving self-perception and confidence, even in those who are typically happy to wear glasses, optometrist and Cardiff University lecturer, Dr Katharine Evans explains

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

Practice owner and head optometrist at Taank Optometrists, Anjana Taank, on why her larger than life Humphrey visual field analyser will always hold a special place in her heart

Optometrist and independent practice owner, Amanda Bahadur, discusses the benefits of having an Optomap in practice

Optometrist, Martin Smith, and his patient, Alan Scott, share how a routine sight test led to the diagnosis of lymphoma

Optometrist Kartik Bharadi discusses the benefits of his little clinician’s notebook

Optometrist at Leightons Opticians in St Albans, Indie Grewal, and 50-year-old school teacher, Carol Girdlestone, tell OT  about their experience treating presbyopia with multifocal contact lenses