Seven ways: Steps to multi-focal success
Keith Tempany, immediate past president BCLA, director Leightons & Tempany
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Looking at labs
Looking at labs: Getting the right fit for your eyes
Long time RGP wearer Keith Hassell visits Ultravision’s headquarters and ...
Safe contact lens disposal
In focus: Safe contact lens disposal
The importance of recycling plastics has never been more prevalent in the ...
In focus: Acanthamoeba
In focus: Acanthamoeba takes a liking to UK households
As new data reveals a threefold increase in Acanthamoeba keratitis infections ...
CL Practitioner of the Year
Optician Awards 2018: Contact Lens Practitioner of the Year
An enduring passion that keeps him up-to-date with all the latest developments ...
UK contact lens prescribing
Contact lens trends: 2018 data on UK contact lens prescribing
Philip Morgan reports on the 23rd annual Eurolens Research survey into UK ...
Meeting patient needs
Clinical trials: Meeting patient needs
Linked to their article on visual satisfaction, Philippe Jubin, John Buch and ...
CL Practice of the Year
Optician Awards 2018: Children’s CL Practice of the Year
This year’s Optician Awards recognised the efforts of Central Vision Opticians ...
CL business opportunities
Technology advances provide new contact lens business opportunities
Contact lens practitioners gathered in Wembley last month for the inaugural ...
Optician Awards 2018: Children’s CL Practice of the Year
Awards: Children’s CL Practice
This year’s Optician Awards recognised the efforts of Central Vision Opticians in north London in giving children the confidence to wear contact lenses. Zoe Wickens reports
Contact lenses offering heaps of potential
Heaps of potential
Coopervision held a high profile event for UK practitioners to help ‘Unlock the Potential’ of their contact lens businesses. Joe Ayling reports
Force: the final frontier
Force: the final frontier
The sixth Force Student of the Year final was the largest yet, with teams from outside Europe taking part for the first time. Optician reports on how CooperVision is continuing to drive this unique competition forward
Case study: Winning Force
Case study: Winning Force
In the first of three articles outlining the projects of students shortlisted for this year’s UK and Ireland Force awards, Bill Harvey explains the project from Glasgow Caledonian University
Awards: Contact lens practice of the year
CL practice of the year
A two-year contact lens transformational plan culminated in a proud moment at the Optician Awards for Specsavers Loughborough in April. Joe Ayling reports
One amazing journey
One amazing journey
Students from across Europe and beyond headed for Budapest in May to compete in the CooperVision European Force Final. The 2017 winner, Sara Picarazzi, describes her experiences since taking the title Force Student of the Year
Teaching teachers: a global approach
Teaching teachers
The International Association of Contact Lens Educators’ approach to raising standards of education worldwide has potential benefits for all those involved in contact lenses, as Shehzad Naroo and Alison Ewbank report
Practitioners welcome hub of contact lens innovation
Contact lens innovation
Advancements of contact lenses designed to treat presbyopia and myopia excited thousands of delegates visiting the NEC Birmingham for last month’s Optrafair. Joe Ayling reports
Interview: Keith Tempany, BCLA president
Interview: Keith Tempany
Catching up with Optician at the BCLA’s flagship Visionaries event in London last month, Keith Tempany, also director at Leightons & Tempany Opticians and Hearing Care explains how practices have everything to gain from fitting more children with contact lenses. Joe Ayling reports
Awards 2017: All roads lead to success
All roads lead to success
Dividing her time between three practices, mobile contact lens practitioner Jacqui Hay of Duncan and Todd proved to be miles ahead of the competition at this year’s Optician Awards. Luke Haynes reports
Alconversation: Getting the burning issues out in the open
Alconversation review
Last week Alcon hosted a Question Time discussion at which a panel of invited experts debated and discussed questions posed from all sides of the profession, Chris Bennett reports
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