Chesterfield optometrist Alex Howard discusses how opportunities in a crisis shook up the status quo | more
PPE change for patient with hearing loss
Louise Bagnall, who is hearing impaired and relies on her eyes more than most, was shocked to find out a pain in her eye was being caused by a piece of plastic which had become | more
Summer placements switch to online
Specsavers has created a ‘virtual summer placement’ for all UK undergraduate optometrists unable to work in store this summer because of COVID-19. It is also making its online learning materials available to all student optometrists, wherever they work. Around 500 students had already been selected for | more
Helping optical colleagues return to work
Optometrist director Satvinder Soomal in the second of a series detailing his thoughts on practising optometry in a pandemic. | more
Glaucoma Awareness Week call to prioritise eye health
With opticians in England, Wales and Northern Ireland now allowed to offer a full range of services, including routine eye testing, people are being urged to prioritise their eye health this Glaucoma Awareness Week (29 | more
Newmedica eye health clinics reopen
Newmedica’s eye health clinics have opened to restart treatment for patients already in their care as well as receive new referrals from optometrists and GPs whose patients have experienced recent problems or a sudden drop in vision | more
Open with safety in mind
Giles Edmonds, Specsavers clinical services director, has welcomed today’s letter from NHS England confirming that with immediate effect opticians can resume routine GOS services as long as they have the necessary infection prevention and control | more
Lockdown research: poor vision and loneliness linked
People with poor vision are feeling lonelier during lockdown, according to new research published in support of Loneliness Awareness Week [1]. The study shows that more than half of those (51%) who say they have | more
Optometry students and prereg reassured
Specsavers Graduate Recruitment team explains how they are supporting students and working to mitigate the effect of the COVID pandemic on optometry training and placements.
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Lockdown’s optometry heroes are celebrated in TV campaign
Specsavers is celebrating the real-life stories of customers and store colleagues during lockdown with a new campaign, We were there, that went live this weekend. Launched with a 90-second TV ad, it shows how – | more