Elizabeth Lumb offers a refresher for toric contact lens fitting, emphasising the key points to consider during the process

A better understanding of contact lens dropout is revealing new insights into how to retain patients through a lifetime of lens wear. Jane Veys and Anna Sulley highlight opportunities to put the latest findings into practice. (C56531, one point distance learning CET for optometrists and contact lens opticians)

Andrew Millington discusses no-shows and missed appointments in practice, likely causes and implications for ensuring optimum future eye care provision

Dr Doina Gherghel discusses the role of eye care practitioners in the prevention, diagnosis and management of stroke

Professor Mo Jalie takes a look at adaptive optics and the development of lenses with controllable power change capability

Professor Fiona L Henriquez describes the nature of Acanthamoeba and its impact upon ocular health.

Current toric soft contact lens performance varies throughout the day, mirroring earlier findings among wearers of spherical lenses, as Kieron Mathews, Ben Daigle and Dr Giovanna Olivares report.

Rachel Bambrick, Professor Christine Dickinson, John Taylor and Dr Robert Harper discuss the portable electronic vision enhancement systems study and explain its implications for those aiming to prescribe magnification for close work

This month’s interactive CET is designed to encourage consideration of the published evidence for techniques hoping to slow myopic progression. Bill Harvey explains

In the first of two articles looking at the relationship between eye health and the central nervous system, Dr Doina Ghergel discusses the latest advice on the assessment and management of patients with Alzheimer’s disease.