I already have my 36 CET points.  In fact I have significantly more than that and I managed to achieve the minimum within the first 6 months of this cycle. I achieved most of them waiting for the 5:15 from Leicester to Melton, a mere 10 minute journey.  Honestly, there is really little else to [...]

I ran out of contact lenses this week.  From whom do I order my next batch? Although I do work as an optometrist regularly, I do not own or run my own practice.  So over the past few years, unless I have been in a regular job with an organised discount scheme, I have found [...]

Having started back in the Hospital Eye Service recently after several years of absence I have been absolutely amazed at the variation in quality of referral letters that come in from optometrists and GPs working within our Local Health Authority. Some letters are absolutely dreadful and say very little, whilst many others (sadly far fewer, [...]

I remember reaching a crossroads in my career a number of years ago. I was nearing the end of my first year of training as an Orthoptist and on a clinical placement in a hospital in the West Midlands. One afternoon, I sat in with an Optometrist in order to understand the work that they [...]