News and features

With the campaign launching on 20 September, OT  reviews the key themes for the week and hears why practices should consider getting involved

The start-up aims to accelerate development of its contactless optical devices and continue growing its team

The medtech start-up will use its newly patented contactless optical technology to develop the new products

The eye hospital will open a new facility in Newcastle in November

Eyes.Scot, launched by the Scottish Government, is being supported by the RNIB

OT  speaks to Susan Bowers, Ross Henderson and Martin Hood, three of the first class of optometrists to gain their independent prescribing qualification when it was introduced 12 years ago

Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre’s Dr Waheeda Illahi, Rosie Auld, Dr Emma Berrow and Dr Peter Good on the Delta variant, COVID-19 fatigue, and managing backlogs on the ground

Practice owner Peter Frampton was in the first class of optometrists to qualify in independent prescribing, in 2009. More than a decade on, he explains how having a fully IP staff has huge benefits for the contact lens side of his business

AOP clinical and regulatory adviser, Roshni Kanabar, advises on how to deal with referral refusals