Practitioner stories
Optometrists, dispensing opticians and eye care professionals from across optics share their stories
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Optometrist, Dr Jennifer Craig, shares her experience of relocating from Scotland to New Zealand to work as a lecturer in ophthalmology
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Specsavers optometrist, Alison Dunne, and her patient, Peter Hoey, speak about the referral that led to a blood transfusion
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Specsavers optometrist, Pratish Bhundia, and grandmother of eight-year-old Kian Priest, Cherryle Levett, discuss a referral that led to brain surgery
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OT talks with University College London visiting professor and consultant neuropsychologist Narinder Kapur
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The professor has been named as senior vice president of inclusive business, philanthropy and social impact
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Hospital optometrist Maulia Selvarajah reflects on her two-week trip to Sri Lanka to provide sight tests and spectacles to those in need
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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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Optometrist, Brigitte Toppin, shares her experience of swapping rain for sunshine after she moved to Barbados to practise optometry
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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