News
Teesside University gears up for new optometry degree course
18 February 2020As a Specsavers employee, you can view anything in ProFile and access online CET by logging in with your iLearn username and password. Log in now or find out more for advice on logging-in, email | more
Moorfields adopts new emergency referrals process
4 February 2020As a Specsavers employee, you can view anything in ProFile and access online CET by logging in with your iLearn username and password. Log in now or find out more for advice on logging-in, email | more
Multi-million-pound OCT campaign launches
3 February 2020As a Specsavers employee, you can view anything in ProFile and access online CET by logging in with your iLearn username and password. Log in now or find out more for advice on logging-in, email | more
Advancing optometry – and Specsavers’ reputation – at 100%
31 January 2020As a Specsavers employee, you can view anything in ProFile and access online CET by logging in with your iLearn username and password. Log in now or find out more for advice on logging-in, email | more
Measurement, not opinion, will secure future of optometry
29 January 2020As a Specsavers employee, you can view anything in ProFile and access online CET by logging in with your iLearn username and password. Log in now or find out more for advice on logging-in, email | more
Derby win AOP Practice of the Year
27 January 2020As a Specsavers employee, you can view anything in ProFile and access online CET by logging in with your iLearn username and password. Log in now or find out more for advice on logging-in, email | more
Thousands affected by delayed ophthalmology follow-ups, warns GIRFT report
24 January 2020As a Specsavers employee, you can view anything in ProFile and access online CET by logging in with your iLearn username and password. Log in now or find out more for advice on logging-in, email | more
Features
‘Why College membership is part of our optometrist employment package’
4 February 2020Specsavers Sale partner Kevin Liu and optometrist Lily Traynor explain the clinical value and and retention benefits of offering College membership as standard | more
‘How our higher qualifications have helped us’ – Volk lens winners give their views
29 January 2020As a Specsavers employee, you can view anything in ProFile and access online CET by logging in with your iLearn username and password. Log in now or find out more for advice on logging-in, email | more
Top clinical complaints – and how to avoid them
27 January 2020Eight top tips to avoid the most common medical malpractice complaints and reduce your risk of a fitness to practise allegation - based on real-life Specsavers cases. | more
‘It took three years to clear my name’
27 January 2020Grace Hepburn, optometrist partner at Specsavers Dunfermline and Dalgety Bay, describes her journey of a fitness to practise allegation, how she coped and the professional and emotional support she received from her colleagues and the business. | more
Optometry degree apprenticeship – have your say before 10 January
29 November 2019UPDATE: Consultation extended to 10 January. Paul Carroll, Director of Professional Services, on why degree apprenticeship can be good news for healthcare professions and for patients – and the importance of informed discussion. | more
CET/CPD
CET: The need to see beyond the eyes
14 January 2020Qualified sight loss rehabilitation assistant Daniel Williams - who is himself visually impaired - provides a unique perspective on the problems visually impaired people experience when visiting eye care practitioners and what reasonable adjustments should be made to better serve such patients. | 1 interactive or non-interactive point for optometrists and dispensing opticians | more
CET: An overview of OCT follow-up and progression analysis
14 October 2019Birmingham Optical Group's Jason Higginbotham summarises how follow-up OCT scans could be best used to detect changes and monitor risk of disease progression in our patients. | 1 interactive or non-interactive point for optometrists | more
Blogs
JUDY LEA: It’s a dangerous world out there!
15 November 2019Accidents can, and do, happen. So how and when should you discuss the unforeseen? | more
Case studies
OPTOMETRY: Bull’s eye maculopathy
25 November 2019Bull’s eye maculopathy and discussion of Hydroxychloroquine toxicity | more
OPTOMETRY: Nodular episcleritis
24 September 2019Diagnosis and management after GP recommends patient undergo an eye examination | more
Hearcare
Fond farewell to Roger at PAC
21 October 2019As a Specsavers employee, you can view anything in ProFile and access online CET by logging in with your iLearn username and password. Log in now or find out more for advice on logging-in, email | more