Health services

The strain of the pandemic on primary and secondary care has brought to the fore the importance of seeing patients in the right place at the right time. OT  explores the art of triage

OT  talks with clinicians about how independent prescribing has changed their practice – and explores how the qualification can develop in the future

Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre’s Dr Waheeda Illahi, Rosie Auld, Dr Emma Berrow and Dr Peter Good on the Delta variant, COVID-19 fatigue, and managing backlogs on the ground

From sight test funding to mega mergers and the environmental impact of PPE, OT  explores five issues facing the profession

Making sure patients get the right care at the right time is an essential aspect of offering a quality eye care service. Practice team members share their thoughts on how to embed a successful triage process

Peter Thomas, director of digital innovation for Moorfields Eye Hospital, on setting up the Department of Digital Medicine

A year after the first UK lockdown how can eye care rebuild? From telemedicine in Wales to a drive-through glaucoma service, OT  finds out how leaders within the profession are charting a path forward

Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre’s Dr Waheeda Illahi, Rosie Auld, Dr Emma Berrow and Dr Peter Good consider the challenges created by COVID-19’s second wave

The NHS Confederation has estimated that the list of patients waiting for treatment could reach 10,000,000 by the end of the year. How can optometrists help to tackle a daunting backlog? OT  investigates

From door shifts on the entrance to the building, to reporting the data on patient deaths, optometrist Rose Wright tells OT  how her day job transformed when COVID-19 arrived at her hospital