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Reducing impact of sight loss by 1% could save the UK economy billions by the end of the decade, the charity has revealed

Public consultation on proposals for state-of-the-art centre in London launched

Optometrist Faye McDearmid on finding a balance between traditional and digital modes of communication during a pandemic

Optometrist and director at Specsavers Opticians Leigh, Rumit Patel, and Kelly Morris, mum to eight-year-old Hollie Creighton (pictured), discuss how an emergency appointment for a suspected lazy eye led to the detection of end-stage papilloedema

RNIB, Guide Dogs and the Thomas Pocklington Trust are researching the realities of life for blind and partially sighted people in the UK

Every issue, OT  poses a scenario from a practitioner. Here, we look at providing domiciliary care to patients who have continued to shield

Mohamed Ayyaz Kasmani of Feltham Eyecare on relaying post-lockdown safety messages through animated video

‘Optometrist’ and ‘optometrist job’ received more than 619,000 monthly searches worldwide

Rochdale-based locum optometrist Atif Hussain was one of the first to sign up to work for the NHS’s Test and Trace team. He tells OT  about his new role handling local outbreaks

From door shifts on the entrance to the building, to reporting the data on patient deaths, optometrist Rose Wright tells OT  how her day job transformed when COVID-19 arrived at her hospital