Daniel’s Blog

As optometrists, we spend most of our time looking after other people’s health, but have we taken time to consider our own and whether our choice of career has any impact?

In the first of their series of blogs about Optometry Tomorrow 2017, Clinical Adviser Daniel Hardiman-McCartney and Head of Research Martin Cordiner introduce the new imaging technology of OCT-A.

Our Clinical Adviser reports on a recent roundtable event hosted by the College to discuss the future of the optical profession.

The distribution of wealth has changed over the last two or three decades, and this trend is likely to continue. What impact might this be having on eye care?

In 2015, there was a proposed amendment to the Opticians Act 1989: a Private Members’ Bill to make provision for the sale of adjustable focus spectacles.

With over half a million low cost laser pointers now in circulation, optometrists should be aware of the harm that may result to in particular to children.

The Foresight Project examines the how the future of optometry might look up to 2030, including the potential impact of technology among other things.

You help numerous patients to see every day, but when was the last time you thought about how we see?

Clinical Adviser Daniel Hardiman-McCartney and Head of Research Martin Cordiner discuss why you should keep your referral worries in perspective.

Why is traditional lid hygiene still one of the alternative recommended options for treating blepharitis?

What do the latest findings on myopia mean for your practice?

How do research and practise work together to identify and manage glaucoma?

This week was the launch of Esme’s umbrella, a charity established to increase the awareness of Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS).

Is myopia associated with birth order in an earlier generation, and does education exposure attenuate the effect?

Are we altering our clinical practice, communication and patient information sufficiently to spare our patients the ill effects and unnecessary worry of cyberchondria?

As we pass the midway point of the summer holidays, the rush is on for parents to get their children’s eyes examined before the start of term.

The biggest eye care innovation in the coming years could be your smartphone.

The publication of the NICE guidance on glaucoma in 2009 had an unintended consequence – and created a tidal wave of referrals .

Find out more about the Eye Museum’s fascinating collection of eclipse memorabilia.

Last week Noel Gallagher, former front man of Oasis, announced he is losing his eyesight. So what’s the story? The likelihood is that Noel is affected by a common condition called presbyopia.

It’s not every day the College of Optometrists shares a news platform with Taylor Swift, Kim Kardashian and Julianne Moore, but Friday was not just any day.