News and features

CooperVision’s newly appointed country manager, UK & Ireland, Doug Bairner, outlines how the company has operated during COVID-19 and how it aims to approach the next few months

Leicester optometrists will provide a more limited range of services than the rest of England after a local lockdown was enforced

Ian Morris tells OT  how COVID-19 has affected an optical practice that is 100 miles away from the nearest ophthalmology department

The 122-year-old retail division of The Norville Group has been saved from administration through an agreement with the Hakim Group

The investment from BGF will support the group’s growth ambitions

Optometrist Leigh Plowman on keeping connected during lockdown and providing eye care to the town of Colac (population: 13,000)

Dan Varcoe, owner of Varcoe Eyecare in St Austell, on how he’s prioritising patient care as his practice fully reopens

Optometrist and OT  clinical editor for multimedia, Ceri Smith-Jaynes, and East London practice owner, Simon Rose, discuss what independent practices need to do to secure their businesses over the next few months

Urquhart Opticians clinical director, Alistair Duff, tells OT  how innocuous to-do lists have resulted in an increase in ocular injuries during lockdown

The most difficult part of COVID-19 for independent prescribing optometrist Susan Bowers was not being able to visit her mother in her final days