Practitioner stories

Optometrist and head of contact lenses at Specsavers, Russell Peake, on delivering telegrams by bike in Warwick and Leamington

Pre-reg optometrist, Thaksha Sritaran, discusses the benefits of always having a mini notebook by her side

Locum optometrist, Rebecca Rushton, shares her experiences as a locum in a new city when the pandemic hit

Moorfields Eye Hospital has published a photo gallery of more than 130 staff who worked during the pandemic

Tributes have been paid to the “conscientious, ethical and honest” optometrist and practice owner

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

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

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

“For many Angela would become one of the most important and influential characters in their professional life”

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