A multi-million pound marketing campaign from Specsavers launches this week to raise awareness of the eye disease glaucoma and increase detection rates. The campaign will continue in Glaucoma Awareness Week (17 -23 June) and beyond. | more
Peter Harvey, optometrist director at Specsavers Newcastle-under-Lyme, has been involved in enhanced optical services for a long time – but he isn’t resting on his laurels. The Staffordshire store offered its first shared care scheme | more
Two opticians from Banbury have taken part in a charity mission to help improve vision for people in Cambodia. Nimish Desai and Manjot Panesar, both optometrists at Specsavers, travelled to Phnom Penh in Cambodia to | more
Attendee numbers at Specsavers’ CET roadshow have continued to grow for the fifth year in a row, particularly amongst dispensing opticians. A total of 2,050 optometrists, dispensing opticians and contact lens opticians attended the series of regional | more
Craig, a dispensing optician and contact lens optician, says they’ve never looked back since they secured a contract for diabetic retinal screening (DRS) in 2012. ‘The NHS contracts a company called EMIS Care to conduct | more
Hemel Hempstead optometrist Shane Bhimani has been praised by his customer David South – who was expecting a regular check up on his vision but within days was attending Stoke Mandeville hospital eye department. A loyal Specsavers | more
With a focus on diagnosis of eye disease, particularly glaucoma, these clinical images demonstrate the importance of performing appropriate functional testing when it is clinically indicated in structural assessment. | more
One half of the ‘Hairy Biker’ TV cookery series, Strictly Come Dancing star Dave Myers told Spectrum about his love of glasses and his glaucoma diagnosis. | more
Looking at a prescription for a first time bifocal wearer, this case study considers: any problems with the prescription, how this will this affect lens selection and how to manage the patient’s expectations | more
Optometrist Judy Lea writes about as being both a patient, family member of an NHS patient and a provider of NHS services | more
In this article non-inflammatory corneal responses to CL wear are considered. Typical corneal and limbal presenting signs and symptoms are discussed in terms of the known causes, differential diagnoses and pathophysiological processes involved. The proper use of diagnostic dyes is also discussed. | more
This module examines common potential complications associated with pars plana vitrectomy (PPV), including their prevention and management. | more
This article outlines the current understanding of the effects CL wear may have on the conjunctiva. These include hyperaemia, staining, indentation, epithelial flaps, lid parallel conjunctival folds, lid wiper epitheliopathy and papillary conjunctivitis. | more
