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Optician's comprehensive CPD coverage – including monthly interactive CPD - ensures that all GOC registered practitioners (optometrists, contact lens opticians, dispensing opticians and therapeutic optometrists) may achieve their full three-year cycle requirement in all competencies through a unique and unrivalled distance learning platform.

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Myopia management with contact lenses 1

In the first of two articles, the second published next week, Andrew Price reviews contact lens options for the treatment of myopia progressions, starting with the evidence base and the first daily di...

Myopia management spectacle lenses

Luke Douglas, in his first article for Optician, reviews the efficacy, materials and fitting criteria across the growing range of myopia control spectacle lenses now available in the UK ...

Early intervention for new presbyopes

In her second article on presbyopia, Meena Puar explores the optimal approach to managing patients identified as new presbyopes, with a particular focus on the rationale for early fitting of progressi...

Expanding options in cataract care: Exploring non-invasive light-based approaches

Cataract management remains largely surgical. This article explores functional impact, current limitations, and emerging non-invasive approaches to support evidence-based patient care. Dr Yiyuan Chen ...

The biology of light: From circadian signalling to solar retinopathy

Sarah Farrant will report back from the European eclipse in August. Here she explores the science of sunlight and its effect on the eye and the rest of the human body...

Cerebral vision impairment: More common than you think?

Cirta Tooth encourages eye care professionals to identify CVI-related visual difficulties in their paediatric population through recognising red flags in medical and birth history, CVI-related visual ...

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