Practitioner stories

Experts from across the optometry spectrum discuss their experiences of the past 12 months, and what they think teleoptometry’s place will be in 2021 and beyond

Ruth Perrott, MBE, speaks with OT  about distributing more than 20,000 pairs of donated spectacles overseas

In her latest update for OT , optometrist Faye McDearmid, of Campbell & McDearmid Optometrists in Redcar, reveals what she has learned while fitting contact lenses during lockdown

Emma Bolger, specialist optometrist at University Hospitals Birmingham, on why this stalwart piece of tech is still her most invaluable diagnostic tool

The “dedicated” and “immeasurably kind” practice owner, dispensing optician and contact lens optician has died at the age of 63

Optometry student, Georgia Richardson, shares with OT  what inspired her to enter into optics and the people that encouraged and supported her along the way

Remembered as “one of UK optometry’s unsung heroes,” Andrew Field died on 30 December 2020 at the age of 81

Founding member of the British and Irish Universities and Colleges Contact Lens Educators, Richard Pearson, and Claire McDonnell, communications officer for BUCCLE and lecturer at TU Dublin, discuss idea-sharing, changes in contact lens education and adjusting to COVID-19

Locum dispensing optician, Sarita Harrar, on the dog walking business she started during lockdown, Up Pup and Away

Patient Dean Wright, from Cardiff, and optometrist at Specsavers Queen Street, Tahira Rahman, on a sight test that led to detecting a tumour