Practitioner stories

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

Specsavers optometrist, Rubena Kerr, and her patient Michelle Crawford, tell OT  about the experience of identifying a brain tumour during a toric contact lens check

Practice owner and optometrist, Anjana Taank, explains why she would not want to replace a much-loved ‘vintage’ optometry tool with a high-tech alternative

BCLA Contact Lens Practitioner of the Year 2017, Laura Reece, on her increased use of the topographer and the benefits it brings

Patient or client? Service user or healthcare consumer? Dr Ian Beasley offers his personal take on a long-lasting debate