A conversation about...

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The value of MP practice visits and the need for locally commissioned MECS

Amit Kara, optometrist and partner at Specsavers Watford, and Russell Dean, MP for Watford, discuss the need for enhanced commissioning in optometry and the benefit of MP practice visits

5 min read

Practitioner stories 1

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Future gazing: what will optometry look like in five years’ time?

16 min read

Career development

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Promoting the Easy Eye Care Pathway to patients and practices

13 min read

Health services

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Peer learning across practice and Hakim HQ

9 min read

Optical organisations

What I have learned

"Becoming a mentor enriches your own life as well as that of your mentees"

Optometrist, Don Williams, and consultant ophthalmologist, Professor Peter Shah, explain the mutual benefits of their mentor-mentee relationship

8 min read

Career development

“It’s a learning process for both of us”

6 min read

Career development

Empowering LGBTQIA+ colleagues to bring their authentic selves to work

6 min read

Business management

“The trial is all about trying to reduce the burden on the NHS”

9 min read

Business management

“Having an opticians in-store makes our customers’ lives easier”

7 min read

Business management

Making the move to domiciliary

5 min read

Practitioner stories

Peer learning goes virtual: dinner, a comfy seat and “professional craic”

6 min read

Practitioner stories

“Everybody was pulling in the same direction”

8 min read

Career development

A conversation about...

The value of MP practice visits and the need for locally commissioned MECS

Future gazing: what will optometry look like in five years’ time?

Promoting the Easy Eye Care Pathway to patients and practices

Peer learning across practice and Hakim HQ

How shared care relationships can revolutionise eye care

Reaching Deaf patients through British Sign Language

Negotiating on behalf of the optometry profession

What I have learned

"Becoming a mentor enriches your own life as well as that of your mentees"

“It’s a learning process for both of us”

Empowering LGBTQIA+ colleagues to bring their authentic selves to work

“The trial is all about trying to reduce the burden on the NHS”

“Having an opticians in-store makes our customers’ lives easier”

Making the move to domiciliary

Peer learning goes virtual: dinner, a comfy seat and “professional craic”

“Everybody was pulling in the same direction”