An optometrist in Torquay has been praised for saving a local man’s life saved after brain tumour symptoms were spotted during his eye examination. She says: 'before asking him through to the test room, it was clear that something was not right'. | more
A Specsavers glaucoma practical workshop has paid off after exam candidates spotted the warning signs of angle-closure glaucoma in one of their colleagues. | more
Self-confessed people person Matthew Trusty FBDO is a retail partner with an incredible career trajectory - from working in store as a teen to being on the Specsavers leadership team as the partner voice for home-visiting services 19 years later. | more
All eyes are on the Thorpedo after his retirement from competitive swimming as he sets his sights on eye health in his new role as a Specsavers ambassador. | more
Interactive or non-interactive points looking at the symptoms and visual impairments due to degeneration of the posterior regions of the cortex, as well as the current research being carried out to understand more about the condition. | more
Developed by Professor Kathryn Saunders - evidence-based management and referral of children with anisometropic amblyopia, including an overview of assessment techniques and intervention strategies. | more
In this article the author takes an evidence-based look at factors that modify the rate of onset and progression of diabetic retinopathy or the development of visual loss owing to DR. | more
This article provides a research-based exploration of co-existing eye disease in diabetics, and what the eyecare practitioner needs to know in order to make appropriate decisions for patient management, advice and referral. | more
Dawn Roberts, clinical director of the home-visiting optician Healthcall shares her thoughts on best practice in meeting the communication needs of people who have a disability or sensory loss, within the Accessible Information Standard law. | Learn more
A 71-year-old female patient comes in for a routine eye examination and complains that she is woken at night with red, painful eye that lasts for 30 minutes and frontal headaches with nauseousness. | more
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Optometrist Ravi Singh examined a patient who was referred urgently to ophthalmology and subsequently diagnosed with non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAAION). The following details Ravi’s clinical work up, referral, ophthalmological work up, and the | Learn more
Official opening of new Specsavers manufacturing centre that will double in glazing and lens capacity. Specsavers founder Dame Mary Perkins officially opened Specsavers’ new Kidderminster manufacturing and distribution centre at Stourpoint Five on Friday 9 | Learn more
