With the Met Office warning that pollen levels will spike this weekend and Asthma UK predicting a ‘pollen bomb’, Specsavers optical teams are stepping up their advice to customers on how to handle hay fever. | more
At 18, Ella Creighton was one of the youngest candidates to complete a BTEC optical dispensing course – which she studied alongside the an EOS (enhanced optical services) Diploma. | more
More than 80,000 teens were inspired to think about a career in optometry or audiology at the Big Bang Fair in Birmingham which ran from 13 to 16 March. A team of 40 people from | more
A performing Persian cat called Snowdrop has been unveiled as the fluffy comedic star of Specsavers’ first ever global ‘Should’ve’ campaign. Debuted on ITV and social media on Sunday 7 April 2019, the advert focusses | more
The sustainability of the optical profession is under threat right now, according to Specsavers founder Doug Perkins and director of professional advancement Paul Morris who took to the stage at Optrafair on Sunday 31 March. | more
The parents of a Wolverhampton toddler who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer spotted by their local optician, are sharing his story to encourage others to take their youngsters for regular eye tests. | more
Meet Charlotte McGimpsey – Partner for Specsavers Home Visits What was your background before joining Specsavers? I started my optical career with Asda in 2000, joined Healthcall’s domiciliary service in 2009 and then came to | more
19-year-old female, presented for routine biennial check-up, overweight, reporting increasing migraines - no medication. Examination showed unusually slow pupil constriction to light and significant bilateral swelling of the optic discs | more
I’ve always wanted to have a career as an optometrist as I find the profession both stimulating and challenging. It enables me to contribute to society by improving people’s vision on a daily basis. And | more
Satvinder Soomal and Specsavers go way back. Specsavers’ head of enhanced optical services for the Midlands joined the Walsall store as a 15-year-old on work experience. An optical assistant at 16, he went on to be a contact lens | 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
The range of vitreoretinal surgical indications has grown because of the increased availability of finer gauged instrumentation with improved safety profiles. This module will explore each of the surgical techniques which are used to treat the more severe conditions. | more
This CET serves to remind the optometrist and contact lens optician of the general procedures involved when examining the anterior segment with a slit lamp | more
