Practitioner stories
Optometrists, dispensing opticians and eye care professionals from across optics share their stories
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Optometrist and head of contact lenses at Specsavers, Russell Peake, on delivering telegrams by bike in Warwick and Leamington
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Pre-reg optometrist, Thaksha Sritaran, discusses the benefits of always having a mini notebook by her side
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Locum optometrist, Rebecca Rushton, shares her experiences as a locum in a new city when the pandemic hit
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Moorfields Eye Hospital has published a photo gallery of more than 130 staff who worked during the pandemic
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Tributes have been paid to the “conscientious, ethical and honest” optometrist and practice owner
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Professor Kathryn Saunders and Dr Sara McCullough of Ulster University discuss a longitudinal study into the prevalence and risk factors of myopia in children in the UK
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Amit Sharma, optometrist and director at Hakim Group's Pinder & Moore Opticians, in Kingswinford, and lecturers at Ulster University, Dr Julie McClelland and Patrick Richardson, discuss a special cohort of IP training
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Practice owner Peter Frampton was in the first class of optometrists to qualify in independent prescribing, in 2009. More than a decade on, he explains how having a fully IP staff has huge benefits for the contact lens side of his business
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“For many Angela would become one of the most important and influential characters in their professional life”
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Hospital optometrist, Amy Unwin, shares how a piece of equipment that she first encountered at university has become her unlikely go-to for fundus examinations in the hospital setting