Practitioner stories

Newly-qualified optometrist, Hassnain Safdar, on the importance of maintaining a healthy work-life balance and the benefits it brings him as a practitioner

Ali Yasen, an optometry undergraduate and AOP student Councillor, shares why the eye clinic at City, University of London is so important for his learning

Optometrist and owner of Tompkins Knight and Son, Brian Tompkins, and his patient, Rosemary Harries, tell OT  about how a routine eye examination allowed Rosemary to watch her grandchildren grow up

New categories aim to recognise practitioners and practices in Manchester

Behavioural optometrist, Bhavin Shah, tells OT  about managing eight-year-old Rian’s myopia with contact lenses, and how he helped dad, Hiten Shah, overcome his concerns

AOP Awards Optometrist of the Year 2017, Prab Bopari, and her patient, Mary Barber, tell OT  how swift action after a sight test helped prevent complications from diabetes

Vision Express optometrist Ben Richardson and his patient Lucy Whittingham tell OT  about the referral process after identifying papilloedema during a sight test

Practice director and independent prescribing optometrist, Sarah Farrant, discusses why high dose Omega 3 is so important

Wardale Williams and Observatory the Opticians optometrist, Will Norman, and his patient, Ralf McMurray, talk about the referral process after the diagnosis for a detached retina

Optometrist and chairman of BBR Optometry, Nick Rumney, shares his passion for one of the simpler tools he has in practice