Readers of Optician will no doubt appreciate the careful blend of features published each issue; a delicate balance of the clinical and the topical, the far-reaching and the fashionable. Such perfection does not come easily and the consistently high standard achieved over the past year or two can be credited to one woman: Shannon McKenzie. [...]
Surgeons at Moorfields eye hospital have successfully implanted devices into the eyes of blind patients suffering from the disease the disease retinitis pigmentosa. Click here for full story. The devices known as Argus II receive a wireless signal transmitted from a camera on a pair of glasses. It is not known whether the devices – [...]
With just minutes before 500 plus Optician Awards guests flood into the Ballroom of the Hilton Hotel Park Lane this is the scene. The night was a fantastic success which you can read all about online or in next week’s Optician. I would like to thank everyone who entered the Awards. When the DVD arrives [...]
Specsavers has been pretty consistent in its ability to make TV ads that capture the public’s attention. ‘Should have gone to Specsavers’ has become a national catch phrase while the latest Thunderbirds offering ( you can watch the video here) has been getting coverage all over the place. This is nothing new for the Specsavers’ [...]
Lots of Ironman training to do, take Henry for a walk, learn my Optician Awards night speech and get my broad beans in ( yes I know it’s late). Last week the plot was under four inches of snow, next weekend it is the Optician Awards, after that more training etc etc. So how about [...]
Our clincial editor is often mistaken for Francis Rossi of status Quo but he has decided to expand his repetoire of looky-likees. His lastest attemp is to……….
My Ironman training was interrupted at the weekend by the crazy weather. So, like you do, I went off to the local slopes with my sons and Henry (the dog) for a bit of winter fun. As the wind swept across the hills I struck up a conversation with a nice chap sporting a pair [...]
I was recently asked to peruse a list of job titles various users of Optician’s website had input when registering. I took delivery of the list thinking that few few people may have strayed from the usual Optometrist, Dispensing Optician, CLO, OMP etc. Throw in a few non-optical folk, account for spelling mistakes and perhaps [...]
Reed Business also hosts the following websites for the optometry industry:
| Website | Business |
|---|---|
| Vision Expo East | Exhibition |
| Optician CET | Magazine |
| Vision ExpoWest | Exhibition |
| Optometry Book Shop | Book Shop |
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