Practitioner stories

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

The Edinburgh optometrist who “shone a light on the path for others to follow” died in December at the age of 84

For many optometrists, remaining open during the new lockdown brings with it a range of complex and conflicting emotions. OT  considers practitioners’ key concerns

Howard Collins on working in academia, and the importance of maintaining a work/life balance during the pandemic

Flo Kemp, founder of Sunny Cords, on playing with styles and bringing back the spectacle chain