Health services

We will succeed in the ‘new normal’ if we build the confidence of our patients and embrace technology, explains Sofia Fazal

OT  investigates the impact of the pandemic on optometrists in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales – and asks how each nation is charting a path forward

A team-led approach to crisis management during the pandemic, by Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre’s Dr Waheeda Illahi, Rosie Auld and Dr Peter Good

Optometrist David Barker tells OT  what the Big Picture remote referral system has meant for staff and patients at Rawlings Opticians

From better technology to equal access to sight tests, optometrists share seven changes they would like to see in NHS England

OT  learns how providing sight tests and spectacles to the homeless is helping to change lives in Hampshire and Dorset

Clinical scientist and optometrist at the Centre for Ocular Research and Education (CORE), Karen Walsh, tells OT  about how the research centre worked with its pharmaceutical colleagues at the University of Waterloo to deliver education to both professions in one place.

AOP councillors, Kevin Wallace, Nadeen Joseph and Brian McKeown discuss how optometrists play a key role in reducing the pressure on secondary care in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

OT  finds out how joint working takes place in practice, in research and in education

OT  finds out how joint working takes place at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital’s NHS community eye clinics