Practitioner stories

Optometrist, Brigitte Toppin, shares her experience of swapping rain for sunshine after she moved to Barbados to practise optometry

Locum optometrist and actor, Ranj Nagra, on patient double takes, alligators as a job hazard, and making history on Coronation Street

As a workforce, optometrists are more likely to be balancing work and childcare commitments than in the past. OT  delves into the trend

The AOP’s head of education, Dr Ian Beasley, and optometrist, Duoné Hopwood, discuss the AOP’s return to work event

Independent practice owner and low vision-accredited optometrist, Andrew Hobby, explains how his low vision aid kit is a must have in practice and on home visits

Lead optometrist of the keratoconus service at Moorfields Eye Hospital, Marcello Leucci, is responsible for development of protocols on keratoconus monitoring and progression criteria

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

Fitting contact lenses for older children and teenagers can have a positive emotional impact, improving self-perception and confidence, even in those who are typically happy to wear glasses, optometrist and Cardiff University lecturer, Dr Katharine Evans explains

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

The chief executive officer of Dunelm Optical died on 17 August