News and features

Optometrist and AOP clinical director, Dr Peter Hampson, discusses infection control in practice during the pandemic

How can practitioners prevent contact lens dropout, and what methods are they using to achieve this? OT  sought to find out

The funding will support seven projects supporting blind and partially sighted people across London

Specsavers Haverfordwest director, Andy Britton, on how an interest in clinical optometry has helped him achieve his goals

Allergan has partnered with teams from City, University of London and Glaucoma UK to introduce a free app for glaucoma patients

Deafblind UK’s free wellbeing and emotional support service is available to patients who require it

It is time to ease the burden on secondary care and expand the role of the low vision optometrists in the certification of vision impairment, optometrist Rebecca Bartlett explains to OT 

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

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