Staying Safe at Specsavers – locums health and safety mandatory training
4 May 2021Mandatory learning module on Staying Safe at Specsavers Health and Safety - deadline 28 May - for self-employed practitioners to complete | more
NEWS
Nationwide rollout for OCT
1 April 2021Nationwide 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
First joint venture partner celebrate 35 years
25 March 2021Specsavers’ 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
Slit lamp donation to new community hospital
22 March 2021A 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
How Covid-19 affected trainees
21 March 2021Judy Lea explores how the most tumultuous of years has affected pre-registration optometrists – for good or bad…. | more
PROFILE JOURNAL
Nursing partnership with University of Gloucestershire
12 March 2021A 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
Bhargavi on the importance of her occluder
24 July 2020Optometrist at Specsavers in Daventry, Bhargavi Zinzuwadia, on the importance of the occluder to her every day practice | more
Blog – The ‘new normal’ ophthalmology clinic. What is it like for patients?
14 July 2020Tim Manners, consultant ophthalmologist and Newmedica clinical director, talks through what an ophthalmology eye clinic is like for patients in this post-COVID world. | more
CET
CET – Anterior eye and contact lenses
11 January 2021A 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
CET – Clinical cases for dispensing opticians
11 January 2021A 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
CET – Anterior eye and contact lenses with RGP verification
11 January 2021A 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