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Understanding the inequalities of ophthalmic care for Indigenous people in a first world country

Aboriginal Australians have faced numerous challenges over the past centuries. Here in this article, Edward Saxton highlights why there are inequalities of ophthalmic care in Australia and why this has led to increased levels of blindness in Aboriginal people relative...

Meeting the needs of older patients in optics

Fiona Anderson discusses the important role of community-based eyecare practitioners in meeting the visual needs of ageing patients. It has been well documented that today we live for longer. Statistics show in 1997, around one in every six people (15.9%)...

The challenges of rural optometry and how independent prescribing has helped

Why move from a busy professional independent Aberdeen optometry practice over 200 miles to one of the most remote places in the United Kingdom? I could talk about the professional challenge of supporting a rural community, or the chance to...

In conversation with Captain Tyson J Brunstetter

We chat to keynote speaker Captain Tyson J Brunstetter about how Spaceflight Associated Neuro-ocular Syndrome (SANS) research is progressing at the Heidelberg Engineering SPECTRALIS® Masterclass event in Glasgow, May 2019. Click the images below to see his answers to our...