News and features

Husband and wife team of the newly-rebranded Baird Optometrists, Andrew and Fiona Baird, talk to OT  about pursuing their dream of opening their second practice

Move described as ‘fair and simple solution’ to reimburse practices for PPE costs incurred before online portal was accessible to contractors

One of your employees has tested positive for COVID-19. What should you do? The AOP offers some advice

Nicholas Rumney, chairman of BBR Optometry, speaks to OT  about joining the Hakim Group, the changes that COVID-19 has brought, and practice business models

Optometrists are encouraged to sign up for the National Optical Conference, which is being held as a series of virtual sessions between Wednesday 25 November and Thursday 3 December

At ACUVUE® we are working hard to help the contact lens category recover with a new national media campaign and we’d love to have you involved

Can contact lenses help those who are struggling to wear face masks alongside spectacles? A spectacle wearer, an optometrist and a Bausch + Lomb expert offer some answers.

Helen Court, optometrist and senior postgraduate tutor at NHS Education for Scotland, tells OT  how leadership techniques can instil positivity during stressful times

Introducing the ACUVUE® Astigmatism Fitting Calculator - it helps make fitting your astigmatic patients quicker and easier, so you can get the right trial contact lenses in just two clicks

Howard Bainbridge, who was admitted into the Livery of the Worshipful Company of Spectaclemakers in 1995, has retired from the Darlington practice he joined at the age of 15