Health services

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

How Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre’s Dr Waheeda Illahi, Rosie Auld and Dr Peter Good are managing challenges in the COVID-19 recovery phase

How can the profession regenerate after a period of massive societal change? While the pandemic has created unprecedented challenges, it may also be a catalyst for new beginnings

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