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Pre-reg optometrist Luke McRoy-Jones on balancing work and study and preparing for his first assessment

More than 350 patients are involved in a pilot of home vision monitoring technology

London designer and entrepreneur, Yair Neuman, on a collaboration with Cubitts that saw spectacle lenses transformed into works of art

Ocular MRI scans of 129 patients with a history of severe COVID-19 revealed nine patients had macular nodules

The product has specially designed features to direct warm currents of air away from the lens

Parents should be encouraged to book eligible children for sight tests as a “failsafe” in light of challenges resuming vision screening

Housebound and vulnerable patients deserve empathy and kindness more than ever before, domiciliary optometrist Paul Chapman-Hatchett tells OT 

Protracted and stressful: AOP solicitor Shamma Masud explains to OT  the emotional toll of the fitness to practise proceedings process – and how this needs to change

Managing safety and restrictions with a desire to reunite the profession, event organisers are planning for events and activities in the year ahead

Faced with the reality of a third lockdown in January, OT  spoke to hospital optometrists Thomas Hamper and Dr Waheeda Illahi for a behind the scenes view of the COVID-19 crisis – and its impact on staff and patients