Contact Lenses: All day, every day
CLs: All day, every day
Mike Hale rounds up some of the highlight offerings in the ...
Luneau: Ultimate edging
Luneau: Ultimate edging
Briot has released its latest lens finishing machine
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In Focus: Specialist entry requirements
A consultation on the GOC’s requirements for CLOs has been launched. Yiannis Kotoulas reports
In Focus: Sight test pledges top three million
Andrew McClean finds out about the activity that took place on this year’s World Sight Day
In Focus: Bricks and mortar key for disruptor
Eyewear industry disruptor Warby Parker was valued at $6.1bn after its direct listing in New York, but its shift to physical stores may provide traditional optometry practices with some comfort. Simon Jones reports
In Focus: Steps to inclusion
Yiannis Kotoulas reports on the launch of a new charity initiative for a population vulnerable to sight loss
Super Optometrist Feature: Kiran Matharu
“OutsideClinic are flexible about working days, and that means for two days a week I get to drop my son off at school and be there to pick him up. It means I can be Mum and an optometrist at the same time.”
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Student DO erased by GOC
Student DO erased from register
A student dispensing optician based in Leeds has been erased from the register
Master takes office
Master takes office
Optometrist Ian Davies has officially taken office as master of the WCSM
Tree Spectacles: Artisan style
Tree Spectacles: Artisanal style
Tree Spectacles has revealed three new optical models
Laser benefits for glaucoma
Researchers show laser benefits for glaucoma patients
Laser surgery could improve success rates for glaucoma patients
SightGlass slows progression
Trial finds SightGlass slows myopia progression
Results of a two-year clinical study have been published
Latest CET More CET
Fundamentals of ophthalmic dispensing 22
Closing Date: 12/11/2021
Tina Arbon Black and Peter Black discuss the basics of contact lenses and the regulations relating to their supply (C79307, suitable as one distance learning CET point for optometrists, contact lens opticians and dispensing opticians)
Advancing the treatment of myopia in children part 3
Closing Date: 05/11/2021
Dr Kate Gifford offers an analysis of the safety of myopia controlling contact lens wear in childhood compared to the lifetime risks of eye disease and vision impairment associated with myopia (C79247, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists, contact lens opticians and dispensing opticians)
Hybrid lenses – an update
Closing Date: 29/10/2021
Do you think hybrids are specialist lenses? Well, think again.
Phil Thomson explains. (C79176, one distance learning CET point suitable for optometrists, contact lens opticians and dispensing opticians)
Exploring contact lens and care solution combinations
Closing Date: 29/10/2021
Dr Melanie George and Fabio Carta discuss the influences on the effectiveness and activity of different care systems prescribed for repeat use contact lens wear and two clinical trials as illustration of how such differences may present (C79173, suitable as one distance learning CET point for optometrists, contact lens opticians and dispensing opticians)
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Making a point of care
Bill Harvey highlights the use of a point of care test in diagnosing dry eye
OCT: Sharper, better, faster
Sharper, better, faster, smarter
Emma White rounds-up the latest optical coherence tomography ...
Informed consent interactive 3
Informed consent interactive 3
Dr Nizar Hirji offers his thoughts on our most recent ...
The future of refraction
Instruments: Adapting the future of refraction
Bill Harvey takes a look at a new automated phoropter system ...
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CL: The right solution for you
Mike Hale presents some of the best performing contact lens solutions available to UK practitioners
CLs for presbyopes: Reuseable multifocal
Optimising CLs for presbyopes
Today’s presbyopes are more affluent and active than ...
A CL innovation to address presbyopic astigmats’ needs
Contact lens innovation
Marcella McParland, Dave Webley and Anna Sulley introduce a ...
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Testing times for trade shows
Silmo Paris had a familiar atmosphere but was an unfamiliar experience. Simon Jones reports
Management More management
Testing times for trade shows
Silmo Paris had a familiar atmosphere but was an unfamiliar experience. Simon Jones reports
Warby Parker targets stores
In Focus: Bricks and mortar key for disruptor
Eyewear industry disruptor Warby Parker was valued at $6.1bn ...
Vax consultation rocks sector
In Focus: Vaccination consultation rocks profession
Andrew McClean explores the debate about whether vaccinations ...
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Cost effective investments
Financing can be an effective solution to improving your ...
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Dream of 100 nations
Stark figures were published last week by Diabetes UK
Diary of a spectacle designer
Tom Davies gives a behind the scenes view of how the UK’s latest eyewear event came to be
Simon Jones: Screener season
Simon Jones: Screener season
Recent stories show a direction of travel that practitioners ...
Bill Harvey: Big yellow taxi
Bill Harvey: Big yellow taxi
Last night, I watched the inaugural SEE Summit and thoroughly ...
Simon Jones: Sustained effort
Simon Jones: A sustained effort
This week’s SEE Summit on sustainability in optics almost felt ...
Bill Harvey: About tomorrow
Bill Harvey: Thinking about tomorrow
I have had to bite my lip this week to stop myself saying ...
