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Scleral lenses event held in Manchester

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GOC approves new Ulster and Cardiff Masters

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Julian Davies Optician expands

Julian Davies Opticians expands

It acquired Bateman Opticians to save the opticians from closure

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Age-related macular degeneration 2: Clinical assessment and diagnosis

Closing Date: 24/02/2023

In the second in a four-part series looking at age-related macular degeneration, Dr Rohit Narayan and Bill Harvey discuss the clinical assessment and diagnosis of age-related macular degeneration (C104534, suitable for logging as one provider-led distance learning CPD point for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

Effects of climate change on eye health

Closing Date: 10/02/2023

Dr Douglas Clarkson describes the science underlying climate change and explains the wide impact it is having on eye health and the prevalence of specific eye diseases around the world (C104439, suitable for logging as one provider-led distance learning CPD point for optometrists and dispensing opticians)

What supplementation advice should eye care practitioners provide to dry eye patients?

Closing Date: 30/01/2023

Khin Yadana Tun reviews the published scientific evidence regarding the efficacy of nutritional supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids in treating dry eye disease and suggests what eye care practitioners should advise their patients. This is an edited version of the 2022 City University/Optician Best Dissertation prize-winner. (C104332, suitable for logging as one provider-led distance learning CPD point for optometrists, contact lens opticians and dispensing opticians)

BCLA CLEAR 6: Orthokeratology contact lenses

Closing Date: 06/02/2023

The sixth in a series of articles summarising the key findings of the BCLA CLEAR publication, a major review of the published evidence relating to all aspects of contact lens practice, Dr Neema Ghorbani Mojarrad and Sophie Coverdale offer an overview of the BCLA CLEAR section relating to orthokeratology. (C104271, suitable for one distance learning CPD point for optometrists, contact lens opticians and dispensing opticians)