Optician articles from February 2006

Optician archives from February 2006

Diagnostic challenge following fundus photography.
February 17, 2006... Dr Andrew Tatham and Syed Hasan describe a recent referral which should be of interest to all in optometric practice Techniques such as fundus photography and automated perimetry are valuable as screening tools for vision-threatening...

GP attitudes to optometric prescribing.
February 17, 2006... Over the past 10 years, Optician has closely followed attitudes of health care professionals to the optometric use of ocular therapeutic drugs. Alison Ewbank reports on the results of the latest survey among GPs, conducted jointly with Doctor...

Multiple-choice questions.
February 17, 2006... 1 Which of the following is not an advantage of a hand magnifier? A Portability B Excellent for higher magnification tasks ( >20X ) C Cost effective D Psychologically acceptable 2 Which of the following points is true regarding the use of a...

No 7 offers Ortho K poster options.
February 17, 2006... Personalised posters promoting Ortho K in practice or other areas are being offered by No 7 Contact Lenses. The posters are designed to get across the message of how accessible and available Ortho K is and will include specific information...

It's been 10 years.
February 17, 2006... Eyewear brand Face e Face has celebrated its 10th anniversary with a storming year in the UK. Rory Brogan finds out more Just over 10 years ago the Face e Face frame concept was officially launched to the world off two tabletops at the...

Cycling specs from Greyville.
February 17, 2006... Cycling products supplier Greyville is targeting the optical retail business to win a wider audience for its BBB cycling specs after interest from opticians wishing to stock the product. Alongside a wide range of plano cycling sports...

Catalogue offers all sorts of display.
February 17, 2006... Advanced Optical Interiors (AOI) has just introduced its new catalogue for 2006. The catalogue includes fresh ideas to promote your practice, including window displays from frosted cubes to spot-lit cable poster displays, a wide range of...

Material gain.
February 17, 2006... Rory Brogan finds out about Maui Evolution, a new sunglass lens with lightweight properties of polycarbonate and similar optics to glass Sunglass firm Maui Jim has introduced a new proprietary Maui Evolution lens, described as fusing the...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) - Wet.
February 17, 2006... DESCRIPTION Exudative AMD refers to the disease process in AMD whereby choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) develops and grows through defects in Bruch's membrane into the sub-RPE or subretinal spaces. CNV carries the likelihood of leakage,...

Light fantastic.
February 17, 2006... Seiko Optical UK is offering titanium frame styling with practical touches. Optician weighs them up Practitioners looking for a reliable brand of lightweight frames should check out Seiko Eyewear, now available through Seiko Optical UK in...

Dental cares.(Letter to the Editor)
February 17, 2006... Following Moneo's painful realisation that government policy is not designed to favour opticians (February 10), things move on for the dentists. As, contrary to Government thinking on glasses, not everyone can drill teeth, one might consider...

Sola reacts with Transitions V offering.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2006... Sola Optical has introduced Transitions V technology across its full range of lens designs. Previously only available on the company's SolaOne Ego 1.67 customised progressive, Transitions V is now available in both grey and brown across a...

Eyes on Eyewear Europe.
February 17, 2006... Rugby brand Eden Park and ultra-feminine Agnes b are the latest additions to the Eyewear Europe portfolio. Emma White reports Eyewear Europe is this year putting the spotlight on its two newest brands, Eden Park and Agnes b. Approached at...

A course in low vision practice Part 6 - advantages and disadvantages of aids.
February 17, 2006... Having looked at the optics of common low vision aids, Barbara Ryan and Tom Margrain compare the advantages and disadvantages of various optical aids (Module C3139) A LARGE RANGE of low vision aids is available and it is important to...

Meteoric Munich.
February 17, 2006... Munich's optical show is a bit of an unknown quantity to most Brits. Less well known to UK practitioners and buyers than Milan's Mido and Paris's Silmo, and less accessible than the once-every-two years Birmingham Optrafair show for the...

Guidelines on the management of headaches - Part 2.
February 17, 2006... In the second of two articles on headache management, C Glover, S Greensmith, A Ranftler, G Donkin, L Jamieson, P Charlesworth, A Turner, and AJ Dowson look at management and best practice Developing guidelines for headache management A...

Mobile from Mikli.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2006... Practitioners are invited to display their frames on the latest point-of-sale material from Alain Mikli. The supR POP Mikli mobile features metallic tubes, matt and grey finishing, wheel brakes, a storage box, hangers and a...

Floral Street practice hopes business will bloom with Mikli and Starck.
February 17, 2006... The S2 Eyewear practice on Covent Garden's Floral Street is hosting a month-long show of the latest Alain Mikli and Philippe Starck eyewear collections. Some 300 frame and sunglass designs are on display, as part of the practice's plan to...

White pupils - Case 1.
February 17, 2006... Kirit Patel describes some more interesting cases from his practice, all of which include leucocoria as a presenting sign. In this first case he looks at Eales' disease Cataract is a term derived from the Greek word for waterfall. Until...

Firefly frames glow in the dark.(Orange Eyewear )(Brief Article)
February 17, 2006... Orange Eyewear has launched a range of glow-in-the-dark frames for children, called Firefly. Using ground-breaking patented technology, developed over three years, Firefly frames are the first of a kind to glow across the whole eye area,...

Perfume and polo shirts from Lacoste.
February 17, 2006... Lacoste perfume and polo shirts are two of the promotional materials to accompany the launch of the Lacoste leisure eyewear collection in the UK. Since winning the distribution for Lacoste eyewear at the end of last year, Andrew Actman has...

Paediatric low vision and diabetes in focus.
February 17, 2006... Two conferences involving optometry in the specialist areas of children's low vision and diabetes have been announced for the spring. Both events aim to help practitioners work in multi-disciplinary methods, and highlight key areas of...

News.
February 17, 2006... Those of you who have nothing better to do than watch TV in the evenings might know Nick Robinson as the political editor of BBC News. What you might also have noticed is that Robinson has some of the best spectacles on TV, if not the planet....

News.(optical industry)
February 17, 2006... Big boys but no girls They say there is no such thing as bad publicity, but just how far will internet wunderkind James Murray Wells go in his quest for column inches. Clearly unhappy that an inflammatory interview 'From the top' in the...

Raiders target sunglass stock.
February 17, 2006... Thieves broke into a Kingston-Upon-Thames practice this week and stole designer sunglasses worth over [pounds sterling]5,000. Around 120 designer sunglasses, mainly Maui Jim, were snatched from the Kingston Eye Centre located within the...

The eyes have it.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2006... Parliament and successive governments have been no friend to optometry. But last week within the hallowed rooms of Westminster optometry was pushed well and truly to the fore. College of Optometrist officers David Cartwright and Lynn...

Senior adviser backs new deal for optics.
February 17, 2006... Lobbying to secure an expanded GOS contract with improved funding received a significant boost this week. A special adviser on public expenditure to the Commons Health Select Committee has spoken out on the side of the profession, and...

the purchase of peoples.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2006... The latest goings on in the North American market include the purchase of luxury US frame maker Oliver Peoples by Oakley. The acquisition's aggregate purchase price of up to $55.7m, includes Oakley's assumption of $5m of debt and $4m in...

v good at photography?
February 17, 2006... Transitions Optical is celebrating the arrival of Transitions V with ESP by challenging Optician readers to show off their photographic skills. The variable tint lens supplier has teamed up with Optician to offer practitioners the chance of...

Final call for event of the year.
February 17, 2006... This weekend marks the deadline for the 2006 Optician Awards but there is still time to get your entry in. There are 10 categories up for grabs covering every aspect of retail optics and practice life today. This year also marks for the...

David Pickwell.
February 17, 2006... David Pickwell, author of the classic textbook Binocular Vision Anomalies, has died. Pickwell was professor of optometry at Bradford University in the 1980s and had many roles within the profession, including being instrumental in the...

ABDO's gang of four reply.(Letter to the Editor)
February 17, 2006... Four dispensing opticians have put their names to a letter calling for greater transparency regarding the funding of ABDO's Godmersham College. David High, Graham Legg, Tim Bowden and Robert Jardine have replied to ABDO president James...

Scottish-style deal for England 'to cost [pounds sterling]90m'.
February 17, 2006... The cost of introducing a Scottish-style optometry contract to England 'could be [pounds sterling]90m', a House of Commons health inquiry was told last week in Parliament. Speaking at the Parliamentary meeting on February 9, AOP chairman...

Training dates announced.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2006... A year since establishing her own professional training company, Jane Macnaughton, optometrist and City University lecturer, has announced new conferences for 2006. Clearview Training, whose founding was first reported last spring (News,...

Global cases of glaucoma set to rocket.
February 17, 2006... The global toll of glaucoma sufferers will reach 60 million by 2010. This will rise to almost 80 million by 2020, according to research in yesterday's British Journal of Ophthalmology (February 16). Glaucoma is the second leading cause of...

tom davies throws party.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2006... Personalised portraits, bespoke cocktails and limousine travel were some of the treats for the 200 guests who attended the launch party of the 2006 TD Tom Davies collection last week in London. The new models included block acetate, block...

Eye exam should be part of 'life checks'.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2006... Optics has attempted to maintain its high profile in Parliament by contacting health minister Patricia Hewitt on the government's new white paper Our health, our care, our say. The professional bodies have picked up on the white paper's...

Mintel suggests new ideas to attract customers.
February 17, 2006... David Challinor reports on Mintel's advice for more profitable practices Mintel's bi-yearly research on consumer attitudes to opticians is always worth waiting for, and the latest report is no exception. With trading on the high street...

Guide to new appraisal system.(Brief Article)
February 17, 2006... The College of Optometrists has published guidance to its members to help them respond to requests from PCTs undergoing the Healthcare Commission's Annual Health Check. The Healthcare Commission assesses the management, provision and...

Albinism.(care and treatment)
February 24, 2006... DESCRIPTION This is a genetically determined, heterogeneous group of conditions characterised by failure of normal synthesis of melanin and reduced pigmentation in the skin, hair and eyes. Albinism has historically been classified according to...

Certificate of exclusivity.
February 24, 2006... Limited edition sunglass model FS355RR features the distinctive Fendi zucca F logo detail, set on an ebony coloured frame. Intricate lace detailing is laser etched on to the frame, coated with gold varnish and decorated with over 780...

Mini event, major issue.
February 24, 2006... Leading figures in AMD research descended upon the Aston Academy recently for a 'minisymposium' on the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration. Michelle Hanratty reports A document produced by a steering group on behalf of Vision...

New treatments for AMD.(laser treatment)
February 24, 2006... In the next of our CET series concerning macular degeneration and disease, Richard Newsom describes the various treatments currently available or being developed to treat age-related macular degeneration (C3305) The last 12 months has seen...

People skills.(Letter to the Editor)
February 24, 2006... Part 5 - Final checklist Anthony Collinge concludes his series with some simple tips for front-of-practice staff At the beginning of this series of articles I said that you already have great interpersonal skills and that these...

Support staff training programme Part 1 - Introduction.
February 24, 2006... Over the coming months Optician, in liaison with Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, will publish a training programme for support staff in optometric practice. Each month, the modules will be printed in the centre pages so they may be more easily...

To boldly go.(sunglasses)
February 24, 2006... Put your unassuming sun styles into a drawer and replace them with large aviator styles, chunky acetates and wraparounds in fantastic colours. This was the message from International Eyewear when it launched its 2006 Dakota and Ocean Blue...

Worldwide wonders.(opticians)
February 24, 2006... Optician looks at how to approach the worldwide web and reviews a selection of practice websites It's a tough market out there for independent opticians. While it's easy to think that they are a traditional bunch who are best marketed...

Optician tried and tested.
February 24, 2006... The optical benefits of polarised lenses are well documented, but how can practices best use such lens technology to create an eyewear package customers will buy into? Anyone opting for a premium lens such as a Hoya polarised is likely to not...

Booking problems.(Letter to the Editor)
February 24, 2006... A colleague and I were recently discussing that thorny old problem of what to do about people who fail to show up for appointments despite having an appointment card and a telephone call on the day before to remind them. A practice I know of...

Fine femininity from Vera Wang.
February 24, 2006... Celebrity dress designer Vera Wang has extended her handmade Italian eyewear collection with 'sophisticated eye shapes'. Vera Wang 129 (pictured) is a metal cat's eye in black with white temple insert line or truffle with a mocha temple...

Sola defines clearer vision.(lenses)(Brief Article)
February 24, 2006... Sola claims it can create the ideal lens design surface for each wearer's combination of sphere power, cylinder power, cylinder axis, add power and frame dimensions by using High Definition technology. The optically optimised design is...

Blurred bus arrives on time.(Brief Article)
February 24, 2006... Patients in GPs' waiting rooms will see this image of a blurred bus as part of a campaign to educate the public about central vision loss. The Macular Disease Society (MDS) is distributing leaflets this month to eye clinics and doctors'...

Dispensing opticians offered training CD.
February 24, 2006... A new training resource for dispensing opticians will be released on Monday. Professional body ABDO is to launch a series of interactive CDs designed to allow practitioners and students to train and learn using interactive packages. ...

Fighting talk.(Brief Article)
February 24, 2006... There can't be many things that the British National Party, the Women's Institute and the Socialist Worker's Party all agree on. But a dislike for supermarkets is one. Last week an all-party grouping of MPs added its voice to the fray,...

Manchester practice shows value of expanded services.
February 24, 2006... A new Manchester-based independent is demonstrating how practices can provide extended services in the community with a premium eye test costing [pounds sterling]40. Located in Manchester's city centre, Seen offers patients a 'premium eye...

CET snapshot shows those missing out.
February 24, 2006... Internal figures sent to the GOC by its CET management company Vantage this month have provided a snapshot of the numbers of professionals involved in compulsory CET. Hundreds of practitioners have yet to open an official CET account as...

News.
February 24, 2006... Progress? I was heartened to read the letter from David Cartwright, president of the College of Optometrists (February 10), in response to my January column. In assuring him that I do indeed fully understand the role of the College and...

Thumbs up for CET.
February 24, 2006... In a poll of practitioners, the GOC receives a positive response for its CET scheme, although opinions are divided on how the scheme might be developed in the future A new snapshot of practitioner attitudes reveals a profession split as to...

News.(Obituary)
February 24, 2006... John Stallwood John Stallwood, 'the man who put sex into specs', has died. He was 74. Stallwood was best known in the profession for his involvement in the Optical Information Council, a body set up in the 1950s to make spectacles...

News.
February 24, 2006... Top 10 tips to retaining contact lens patients Contact lens giant Johnson & Johnson is to host a nationwide series of seminars on how a successful fit can improve a practice's patient retention. Attendees will learn the top 10 tips for...

New awards deadline.
February 24, 2006... The deadline for entries to the Optician awards has been pushed back in response to requests for more time from a number of entrants. Entries will now be accepted up until March 1 but no further extensions will be made as judging for most...

News.(Brief Article)
February 24, 2006... Consultation begins on CET rule changes The General Optical Council has announced a formal consultation on draft amendments to CET rules this week. Although the Council does not propose any major changes to its rules for the next...

CL warning over bird flu.
February 24, 2006... Contact lens wearers who handle wild birds have been warned to thoroughly wash their hands and arms by a government agency after the arrival of bird flu in Western Europe. The warning comes as UK experts prepare for the arrival of the...

News.(optical industry)(Brief Article)
February 24, 2006... Russ logs on Training company TMR has joined LOC web portal Primary Health Net (PHN). The portal, which aims to provide LOCs with a communications network, is ideal for TMR said director Martin Russ (pictured). 'Our training packages have...

Asia fears spread of fungal corneal cases.
February 24, 2006... Concern has spread across Asia after a swift rise in the incidence of contact lens-related fungal corneal infections in Singapore. Lens wearers in Singapore have been advised not to use Bausch & Lomb's ReNu after the multipurpose solution...

LOCs can get [pounds sterling]500 off new web presence.
February 24, 2006... Contact lens company Bausch & Lomb UK is offering LOCs [pounds sterling]500 each to help them establish a website presence on a portal aimed to help LOCs communicate with PCTs and the wider health community. The contact lens company has...

Independent prescribing by '07.
February 24, 2006... Optometrists could become independent prescribers by spring 2007, according to a draft timetable for the introduction of new regulations. Speaking at a lecture organised by Bausch & Lomb in London this week (February 20), Professor Roger...