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Future of Optics: The ultimate contact lens

Lyndon Jones and Karen Walsh evaluate the accuracy of predictions made 20 years ago and identify where contact lenses will be in 2040

Changing the trajectory

Mark Halling explains to Andrew McClean how CooperVision’s Brilliant Futures ...

Virtual conference, real life

Bill Harvey and Mike Hale report on the recent BCLA online event

Trends in UK contact lens prescribing 2020

Professor Philip Morgan reports on the 25th annual Eurolens Research survey ...

Contact lens discomfort and TFOS

As we begin a series of features, developed with Alcon, focusing on the ...

Myopia: Improving lifestyles

Andrew McClean speaks to three patients who participated in the clinical trial ...

In focus: Staying away from water

Researchers have explored how the use of stickers could create better ...

Contact Lenses: 2020 and beyond

Robin Chalmers*, Noel Brennan and David Ruston discuss the evidence supporting ...

Interview: Contextualising contact lenses for a quarter of a century

Mike Hale interviews Professor Philip Morgan and Professor Nathan Efron about ...

Clariti 1 day: A continuous improvement story

Marcella McParland and Anna Sulley examine the material, lens design and ...

Katarina Johnson-Thompson: The importance of contact lenses

Zoe Wickens talks to world champion heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson ...

How to recycle your used contact lenses

How to recycle used lenses

Zoe Wickens examines the efficacy of Johnson & Johnson Vision and TerraCycle’s Acuvue Contact Lens Recycle Programme that was launched at the start of this year

UK contact lens prescribing in 2019

UK contact lens prescribing

Philip Morgan reports on the 24th annual Eurolens Research survey into UK contact lens prescribing

Overnight success

Optician rounds up the various orthokeratology contact lenses products available to practitioners in the UK

Independents stand to gain

Mike Hale speaks to industry experts about the benefits of orthokeratology and how practices can offer it as a service to their patients

How to publish and present research

How to publish and present

Contact lens educators and postgraduate students met in Manchester in May to learn how to optimise their publications and presentations. Alison Ewbank reports from the IACLE/BUCCLE Education Day

Sophie Dutilloy joined Alcon as president for its EMEA region in March, Chris Bennett caught up with her at the BCLA conference in Manchester to talk about Alcon’s new found freedom, artificial intelligence and growing the contact lens business

I need a hero

At the BCLA last month Coopervision was putting the practitioner front and centre by inviting visitors to tell their stories and become a hero, Chris Bennett reports

Global fight against improper online contact lens supply

Improper online CL supply

Improper contact lens supply over the internet is an issue all over the world. Simon Jones looks at two recent cases that show how overseas optometric associations have attempted to tackle the problem

Smart contact lenses

David Wilson evaluates recent developments in the smart contact lens sphere

In focus: Reality bites for TV star that breached advertising rules

TV star breaches ads rules

A cosmetic contact lens retailer owned by TV personality Marnie Simpson has been sanctioned by the Advertising Standards Authority for its social media adverts. Simon Jones reports on the regulatory issues raised by the case