Chris Bennett: On trend for 25 years

It was kind of Professor Philip Morgan to name check Optician in his quarter century Contact Lens Trends Survey. His impressive body of work reminds us again that it is people that make a difference in optics.

Over time the CL Survey has built into an impressive body of work providing an evidence base for the sector to build upon. Its genesis dates from the editorship of Alison Ewbank, one of a generation of people whose careers have been dedicated to the development of, and education in, the contact lens sector. Alongside Morgan names such as Efron, Wood, Young, Donnelly, Davies, Jones, McParland, Sulley, Ruston and many, many more trip off the tongue – apologies to those not mentioned. This generation has helped the development of a sector that is fantastically researched and constantly evolving.