When time, targets and technology collide with professional values, what happens to patient care, asks Denise Voon MCOptom.

In the second of a two-part series, Sophie Goodchild looks at how optometrists have been involved in clinical trials, and how more can take part.

In the final part of our series looking at OCT retinal biomarkers, Helen Bird asks where optometry fits in with the rapidly developing fields of oculomics and multiomics.

Job titles and hierarchy no longer tell the story of leadership in a business environment. As Kaye McIntosh explains, in optometry a leader needs to be able to do more than simply excel at the technical side.

We speak to Dr Louise Gow MCOptom, whose career includes leading low vision services at RNIB, classifying for blind sport, and advising EastEnders!

Ocular complaints can cause, and exacerbate, mental health conditions for patients, says Kellie Smith.

Eye care is evolving. Learn how demographic shifts, market growth and new technologies are expected to reshape vision care by 2035.

Kathy Oxtoby looks at how to balance clinical excellence with commercial success, and what to do when your priorities as a clinician conflict with those of the business.

In each issue, Acuity poses a topical question to a panel of members.

Clinical files: What advice would you give a patient who has purchased their contact lenses online and would like help to learn how to insert and remove them.

Joint response calls for public protection, clarity and evidence to be central to new system.

The UK Eye Care Data Hub, the most up-to-date and comprehensive model of the UK’s eye care workforce and eye diseases in one place, has been expanded to almost double the number of eye conditions and update aspects of the sector workforce data.