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The article discusses the essentials of the art, science and legalities of ophthalmic dispensing to children. It mentions that responsibility to ensure that supervision does not compromise patient care and safety is shared between the supervisor and those being supervised. It reveals that change in intervention level is seen clearly with pre-registration optometrists.

The article offers information on the discusses the correction of presbyopia with contact lenses. It discusses that motivation plays a major factor in contact lens fitting and the practitioner should ensure their patient is aware of the advantages and disadvantages of all options prior to fitting; and It is important to establish ocular dominance in order to determine which eye to correct for distance vision when fitting monovision and for adjustments when fitting a simultaneous lens design.

The article offers information on the series on the assessment of binocular status with a detailed look at the cover test. It discusses that successful cosmetic squint surgery may result in good alignment of the visual axes but without restoration of sensory fusion; and mentions that three variations of the cover test involve the insertion of an occluder over one eye, followed by either removal of the occluder or swapping the occluder over to the other eye.

The article explores the often-neglected subject of how to measure inter-pupillary distance (PD) and near centration distance (NCD) for a variety of patients and lens types and discusses the common causes of error. It highlights that it is now common in practice to use desk top, stand mounted, or tablet computer-based systems for measuring PD; and mentions that students dispensing opticians and optometrists are required to be able to use a rule for the purposes of examinations.

The article presents the discussion on multiple elements capturing, focusing, and processing light for making sense of the visual environment. Topics include visual satisfaction being also influenced by factors such as contrast sensitivity, stereoacuity, and visual fields as well as visual acuity; and providing a measure of the transient impact of biological and environmental factors on vision satisfaction.

In this article, the author offers a personal insight into her experience of accessing the eye care pathway, both as a practitioner and then as a patient. Topics discussed include rise in High street opticians using OCTs routinely; opportunity for careful examination came from subsequent discussion with optometric colleagues; and confidence to return to practising as an optometrist.

The article presents the discussion on Neil Retallic using the first address as president of the British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) for exploring the practitioners adapting in a post-pandemic world keeping pace with the evolving needs and behavioural changes of the patients.

The article presents several case study of a 50-year-old female gynaecologist attended practice complaining of discomfort with recently prescribed spectacles, 71-year-old man attended practice to be fitted with ptosis spectacles, and 20-year-old male medical student attended for contact lens aftercare and to collect a new X-Chrom contact lens. Topics include the X-Chrom contact lens is a soft lens worn monocularly in the non-dominant eye underneath spectacle correction.

The article discuses reasons for which early Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) deserves more attention and describes things that can do to help patients in a meaningful way. Topics discussed include some excellent treatments for late stage wet AMD, poor outcomes that result from delayed diagnoses and 78% of AMD patients seeking their first treatment after having already suffered irreversible vision loss in one eye.

Discusses the standard visual requirement used by Great Britain's Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) to assess a driver's visual acuity. Limitation of the standards set by the DVLA; Legal requirements for vision/visual acuity; Method used by DVLA in measuring a driver's visual acuity; Controversy surrounding the requirements for monocular vision drivers.

The article offers information on the technology and innovation competition by the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI). Topics discussed include looking to address lack of access to remote vision testing and monitoring in Scotland; the benefits of managing eye conditions in the community; and aim of the competition was to develop an eye testing system that could be done in homes, schools and underserved communities, live remote supervision by 'healthcare professionals'.

The article offers information on the Applied Industrial Optics conference welcoming around 200 independent optometrists, dispensing opticians and optical students who took part in three tracks of learning from around 20 presenters held at the Pendulum Hotel and Conference Centre, Manchester on October 14-15, 2021. It discusses a session by optometrist and clinical lead for SeeAbility, Lisa Donaldson, explored new pathways for people with learning disabilities.

The article presents that a total of 15 freemen were admitted by the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers during its annual ceremony in London.

The article discusses that a single-decker bus operated by Yorkshire Tiger has crashed into an opticians Shipley Eyewear near Bradford, England.

The article offers Great Britain optical industry and Ophthalmology news brief as of October 26, 2018. Topics discussed include that Independents Day began its Great Britain tour in Wembley, north London; Dan Williams, founder of Visualise Training and Consultancy, has been announced as one of the most influential people with a disability in the Great Britain; and more than 8,000 General Optical Council registrants have not yet met their Continuing Education and Training requirements.

The article evaluates clariti 1, contact lenses from Coopervision.

The article presents a case study of a Caucasian 86-year-old woman who was complaining of reduced vision and distortion in the left eye for six weeks. The patient underwent monocular examination using her reading prescription and cover test with distance and reading prescription which shows "blurring" on the patient's right eye. The fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) was also performed to the patient to confirm the diagnosis of macular degeneration.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including an article on charging for monocular patients in a previous issue, and a letter on the use of eye test as a loss and Vision Express's practice of offering 'free eye test'.

The article presents information on amaurosis fugax. Amaurosis fugax is a term used to describe a temporary, monocular, visual loss. Its most common cause is temporary retinal ischemia caused by embolism from the carotid artery, heart or aorta. Other causes include impending central retinal vein occlusion, glaucoma, retinal migraine, intermittent ocular hemorrhage and optic nerve head drusen. The visual loss usually lasts for seconds to minutes.

Focuses on the importance of understanding refractive prescribing and management to practising dispensing opticians. Advantages of understanding the use of ocular diagnostic drugs to aid refraction; Symptoms or high risk groups considered in recognising problems relating to the binocular vision system; Causes of monocular diplopia.

Focuses on the strategy that can be used by an optometrist to demonstrate to patients the size of their blind spot. Risks faced by monocular patients with enlarged blind spots; Cases wherein cataract surgery is suggested to be performed on the right eye first.