Online refraction: risk or reward?
Yiannis Kotoulas consults a leading expert on whether the standard sight test will survive the rise of teleoptometry
Management
Disruption disasters
Disruption disasters
Simon Jones looks at some of the disruptive brands and ideas that haven’t hit ...
In Focus: Phased reopening
In Focus: Phased reopening
Yiannis Kotoulas examines the new NHS Wales advice on how practices should ...
Inspecs shines after listing
In Focus: Inspecs shines after stock market listing
Simon Jones highlights the Inspecs Group’s success over the past year
In focus: Commissioning Cues
In focus: Commissioning Cues
Richard Whittington and Zoe Richmond tell Andrew McClean how Locsu developed ...
In focus: European examples
In focus: European examples
Yiannis Kotoulas looks to Europe for examples of how optical practices might ...
In focus: AIO manifesto
In focus: Turning the system on its head
Christian French tells Andrew McClean about the AIO’s manifesto for a national ...
Asda’s two decades in optics
Asda’s two decades in optics
Asda Opticians celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Mike Hale reports on ...
In focus: Post-pandemic manifesto
Post-pandemic manifesto
A manifesto for the future of eye care services has been launched in anticipation of a backlog of patients requiring treatment after coronavirus. Andrew McClean reports on how the AIO thinks primary care optometry can help
Viewpoint: Diary of a spectacle designer
Viewpoint: Designer diary
Tom Davies puts the pandemic in the past and tries to be positive
In focus: Testing times for testing fee negotiators
Testing times for the OFNC
A letter from the OFNC in response to the government’s decision to freeze GOS sight testing fees shows an increasingly fractious relationship. Simon Jones reports
In focus: Supplier support
In focus: Supplier support
Andrew McClean takes a look at how equipment, ophthalmic lens and contact lens companies are providing relief to practices
What help is available?
What help is available?
Mo Chaudhry outlines what financial relief is accessible for employers and employees/locums affected by the Covid-19 outbreak
In focus: Surviving the crisis
In focus: Surviving the crisis
The independent opticians’ business association, SightCare, hosted a webinar to discuss the future of optometry in relation to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. Yiannis Kotoulas reports
In focus: Furloughing staff
In focus: Furloughing staff
Liz Stephenson, head of employment at the Association of Optometrists (AOP), tells Andrew McClean what the government’s coronavirus (Covid-19) job retention scheme means for practice owners and employees
Interview: STEP in the right direction
STEP in the right direction
Mike Hale speaks to Kamlesh Chauhan, director of professional education for Northern Europe at Johnson & Johnson Vision, about how the company’s STEP initiative helps pre-regs
In focus: Keeping cash in the business
Keeping cash in the business
CEO of Leighton Opticians, Ryan Leighton, tells Andrew McClean what steps practices should be taking in order to protect their business during the coronavirus pandemic
In focus: Practical Covid-19 tips
In focus: Covid-19 tips
Optometrist and dispensing optician, Dr Scott Mackie, shares the steps he quickly implemented in his Scottish practices following the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic
The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers
The Worshipful Company
Ian Davies looks at the history, purpose and function of a livery company that has been at the core of UK eye care for nearly four centuries
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