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The change comes after the RNIB revealed that one in five people living with sight loss were rationing food because of difficulties shopping

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

Kathleen McQuade, of Aberfeldy Opticians in Perthshire, on how she’s planning to juggle running her practice with first-time motherhood

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

Optometrist and practice owner, Simon Rose, shares some of the ways he has adapted through COVID-19 and how technology can help in providing eye care

As English optometrists begin offering routine appointments, OT  catches up with staff about the highs and lows of returning to a new normal

Arif Master, owner and director of Clearsight Opticians, shares how the practice has been keeping in touch with patients during lockdown

The partnership aims to support eye care professionals to offer home deliveries of the Clinitas eye drops