Nationwide use of OCT has been achieved four years after announcing a £35 million pound investment. 900 Specsavers stores have installed OCT scanners, and more thousands of than 4000 clinicians have completed an extensive training and a mentoring programme. | more
Specsavers’ first ever optometrist and longest standing ophthalmic director celebrates 35 years of service Specsavers store partner, Ravi Bhardwaj, has been recognised for 35 years of service. And, as one of the company’s first recruits | more
A Bicester optical practice has donated a brand new slit lamp to the eye department at their local community hospital in Brackley. Sarah Marshall, store director at Specsavers gave a talk to Brackley Rotary Club | more
Judy Lea explores how the most tumultuous of years has affected pre-registration optometrists – for good or bad…. | more
Care home residents who have missed out on eye tests during the pandemic are once again able to access Specsavers home visits service with the rollout of the government vaccination programme. Approximately 418,000 people | more
A new partnership in ophthalmology education will improve eye health services as Newmedica has taken on its first trainee nurse as part of a partnership with the University of Gloucestershire to train tomorrow’s top ophthalmology | more
Optometrist at Specsavers in Daventry, Bhargavi Zinzuwadia, on the importance of the occluder to her every day practice | more
Tim Manners, consultant ophthalmologist and Newmedica clinical director, talks through what an ophthalmology eye clinic is like for patients in this post-COVID world. | more
A case based picture quiz and discussion by Magdalena Jamroz. This explores cases of eye problems which may present at contact lens appointments for investigation and management or referral. | more
A picture quiz by Magdalena Jamroz to explore cases of decisions about eye problems and visual fields tests which may be faced by a dispensing optician working as part of a multi-discipinary eyecare service. | more
A case based picture quiz and discussion to explore cases of eye problems which may present at contact lens appointments for investigation and management or referral with an additional case relating to RGP verification. | more
