Page 15 - Optometry Today News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

“The most rewarding thing is the smile on their face” “The most rewarding thing is the smile on their face” Ruth Perrott, MBE, speaks with OT  about distributing more than 20,000 pairs of donated spectacles overseas 3 York-based optometrist, Ruth Perrott, became a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2021 New Years Honours. She speaks with OT below about what the honour means to her, her volunteer work, and practising her curtsey ahead of meeting the Queen. I got an email on 6 December saying I had been put forward for an MBE and asking whether I would accept it.

“Being able to get ideas from other contact lens educators is invaluable” “Being able to get ideas from other contact lens educators is invaluable” Founding member of the British and Irish Universities and Colleges Contact Lens Educators, Richard Pearson, and Claire McDonnell, communications officer for BUCCLE and lecturer at TU Dublin, discuss idea-sharing, changes in contact lens education and adjusting to COVID-19 9 Pexels/Luis Quintero What are some of the changes you have seen in contact lens education while a member of the British and Irish Universities and Colleges Contact Le...

“I don't let grass grow under my feet” “I don't let grass grow under my feet” Hampshire-based optometrist Sarah Arnold tells OT  about the 150-year history of her family practice 8 We have three practices. The one that I work in is in a town called Petersfield, a market town in the South Downs. It's a mainline train station to London Waterloo, so it's typical commuter belt: quite an affluent town, but it has pockets of poverty. I was born here. It's a very well sought out area, because it's only about half an hour maximum drive to the coast. So, we're quite well situated: beauti...