20th APRIL 2018

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by  Ros Argent

APRIL 2018
DISPENSING
OPTICS
NEWS, INFORMATION and
EDUCATION for OPTICIANS
Join us for the 32nd Biennial
Convention of the International
Opticians Association
13th - 20th APRIL 2018
FIONA ANDERSON
BSc(Hons) FBDO R SMC (Tech) FEAOO
current International Opticians
The biennial convention of the IOA is a week long
Ass“ociation president says:
residential gathering of like minded, forward thinking
optical professionals from all over the globe. This unique
event provides the perfect opportunity to enhance your
I hope that this 32nd
skills, share your experiences and learn from others.
IOA Convention delivers
The event opens in Birmingham at one of the key events
lively debate, exchange
in UK optics, Optrafair, and concludes with a celebration
of ideas and practises
dinner in Edinburgh, Scotland’s capital city.
and shared learning and
• Visit Optrafair, Birmingham, the Lake District and Edinburgh development in a friendly
and convivial atmosphere.
• Network with colleagues from across the globe
It is my privilege to invite
• Discuss business you to join us, CEUD
• Learn more about opticianry MILE FAILTE a hund”red
thousand welcomes!
• Scope out the latest in frames, lenses and equipment
• Enjoy an education programme with international experts
• Join us at the Association of British Dispensing Opticians’
Optrafair Dinner and Afterparty
• Attend the IOA AGM, Presidential handover and awards
• All with plenty of time to explore the host towns, with options
for golf, a tour of a distillery and a castle, plus a final dinner
in a not to be missed surprise location.
To book places at the IOA 2018 conference or for
any other query, please contact Elaine Grisdale
EMAIL [email protected]
TELEPHONE [phone]
WEBSITE www.ioassn.org/convention-book-now/
Dispensing Optics APRIL 2018
Contents
10.
25. 16.
33. 18.
Features 32. PR
Promoting eye health
by Antonia Chitty
18. Product Spotlight
Regulars
In the comfort zone
20. Continuing Education & Training
Myopia control with soft contact lenses
5. DO Dispatches
by Claire Mc Donnell
6. The Anderson Files
23. Multiple Choice Answers
Standards of practice. 8. Letters
Avoiding a wrong turn Part 1
by Andrew Keirl 10. News
26. Words from the workshop 36. Jottings
Labs with no limits When presbyopia bites
by Rob Barrow by Keith Dickinson
28. In practice 37. FAQs
The magic of perception
38. Jobs & Notices
by Mark Hickton
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DISPENSING OPTICS
The Professional Journal of the Association
of British Dispensing Opticians
VOLUME 33 NO 4
DO Dispatches
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor Sir Anthony Garrett CBE HonFBDO
Assistant Editor Jane Burnand
Managing Editor Nicky Collinson BA (Hons)
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Design and Production Rosslyn Argent BA (Hons) ALL HAPPENING AT ABDO
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Admin. Manager Deanne Gray HonFBDO The very busy start to the year has
Email [email protected] continued at a rapid pace, with new
appointments, new initiatives and, of
EDITORIAL/ADVERTISING
Telephone [phone] course, a very large presence at Optrafair.
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Website www.abdo.org.uk In this month’s issue, we carry news of two very significant
appointments to the ABDO team. Antonia Chitty, who has
SUBSCRIPTIONS
UK £150 been a long-standing contributor to Dispensing Opticsand
Overseas £175, including postage our social media consultant, has become a full-time member
Apply to Tom Veti
of staff with overall responsibility for all of our
Association of British Dispensing Opticians
Godmersham Park, Godmersham, Kent CT4 7DT communications (see page 10). I am also delighted to
Telephone [phone] welcome Ed Fox to the team. Ed becomes the first qualified
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dispensing optician in the membership team and he will
Website www.abdo.org.uk
significantly improve our ability to respond to members’
ABDO CET enquiries. Ed will be an additional resource for the Association
Head of CET Paula Stevens MA ODE BSc(Hons)
in the delivery of our services (see page 12).
MCOptom FBDO CL (Hons)AD SMC(Tech)
We also report on our new National Resource Centre to be based
ABDO CET, 5 Kingsford Business Centre, Layer Road,
in Birmingham (page 25). This major initiative is the biggest
Kingsford, Colchester CO2 0HT
Telephone [phone] project undertaken by the Association since the establishment
Email [email protected] of ABDO College. It will provide an outstanding examination
environment for our students as well as an unmatched facility
CONTINUING EDUCATION REVIEW PANEL
Joanne Abbott BSc(Hons) FBDO SMC(Tech) for providing enhanced education and CET for ABDO members.
Keith Cavaye FBDO(Hons)CL FBCLA Its multi-role configuration will enable us to host other events
Andrew Cripps FBDO(Hons) PG Cert HE FHEA
Kim Devlin FBDO(Hons)CL there and it will be a flagship facility for the profession.
Stephen Freeman BSc(Hons) MCOptom FBDO(Hons) FHEA Cert Ed
Abilene Macdonald Grute BSc(Hons) MCOptom BSc(Hons) FBDO(Hons) At the end of March, ABDO went live with a brand new
SLD(Hons)LVA Dip Dist Ed Cert Ed database. This very complex project has taken some while to
Richard Harsant FBDO(Hons)CL(Hons)LVA
Angela McNamee BSc(Hons) MCOptom FBDO(Hons)CL FBCLA Cert Ed develop, and will provide enhanced services across all ABDO
Linda Rapley BSc(Hons) FCOptom PGDip PGCE and ABDO College functions. Inevitably, it will take some time
Andrew Stokes FBDO SMC(Tech)
to bed down and for all functions to be activated. The
JOURNAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE members’ area of the website will be out of action for
Richard Crook FBDO approximately two weeks, so I hope all members will bear
Kim Devlin FBDO(Hons)CL
with us in this transitional phase.
Kevin Gutsell FBDO(Hons) SLD
Ros Kirk FBDO
Angela McNamee BSc(Hons) MCOptom FBDO(Hons)CL FBCLA Cert Ed Both the Association and ABDO College will have a strong
presence at Optrafair this month. We have a comprehensive
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THE
A FILES
FIONA ANDERSON BSC(HONS) FBDO R SMC(TECH) FEAOO
Our monthly column from the ABDO president
The Anderson Files
L
ike those who have gone before
me I too am a little sad at
writing this, my last column as
ABDO president. In just a few
short weeks, at our Optrafair
Dinner and After Party I will hand over the
presidential chain of office to Clive
Marchant. Clive, in turn, will present his
vice president’s medal to Jo Holmes and I
will become the immediate past president.
As Clive and Jo move into their respective
roles, they will lead ABDO and its board of
directors into new and uncharted waters. I
know they will give their all to the Association
and continue the work that has already been
started. Later in the year, we will also see
Meeting newly qualified DOs and their
more changes as there are three places on
families at the 2017 graduation
the ABDO board up for election, nomination
forms for which can be found inside this issue
of Dispensing Optics. This is an opportunity successful, vibrant and progressive addition to the more traditional training
for those members who have a passion to be organisation it is. So, my thanks to all who establishments already in place in the UK.
more involved with the Association to put make it a success – the people I refer to as Like ABDO, ABDO College has gone
their head above the parapet and stand for my ‘ABDO family’: the board, staff, from strength to strength and is seeing
election to the ABDO board. examiners, practice visitors, CET presenters record numbers of students passing through
and contributors, regional teams and its block releases and gaining the academic
NO ‘I’ IN TEAMWORK volunteers, graduation marshalls and knowledge to prepare them to become
I can hardly believe that it is two years stewards, National Clinical Committee registrants of the future. As ABDO
since I took over as ABDO president from members and those members of our ‘task president, I have had the privilege of sitting
Peter Black; the time has simply flown by. It and finish’ groups. on the board of trustees of ABDO College
really has been two of the busiest, most and view first-hand the tremendous effort
rewarding years of my 30-something years MEMORABLE MILESTONES from the trustees and all the staff at the
in optics. So, what are my reflections of the Our profession is growing year on year and College, and their ‘unseen’ workforce of
past two years? Well, where to begin? it was my great pleasure to see ABDO’s tutors, visiting lecturers and industry
People often ask, “So what did you fully qualified members number more than partners who have made ABDO College the
achieve?” The honest answer is: I’m not 6,000 in autumn 2017 – quite a milestone. I success it is today.
really sure. I have represented ABDO at remember when I qualified back in 1986, Additional teaching staff have swelled
many meetings, dinners, trade shows, and we had gone through partial the ranks of the College and more tutors
conferences and the like – but I suppose my deregulation, many within the profession are being trained and mentored to meet the
prime role has been to lead, mediate and were heard to say that dispensing optics rising demands of an ever-increasing desire
together with the ABDO board and staff, was a role that would soon become to be qualified in different disciplines.
carry out what we see is important to us as obsolete and that there was no point in ABDO College has an ever-expanding
a membership organisation – and that is to becoming a registrant with the General portfolio of qualifications that they train in,
act in the best interests of our members. Optical Council. Well, more than 30 years including low vision, contact lenses and the
What we at ABDO achieve is not down on and as the outgoing president of the full range of Worshipful Company of
to any one person: it is absolutely a team awarding body, I beg to differ. Spectacle Makers qualifications for support
effort and I have witnessed at first hand ABDO has very close links with ABDO staff and technicians.
just what a team that is. ABDO is a big College; understandably, it was the
organisation and it’s not just the staff you predecessor of the ABDO board who had ONWARDS AND UPWARDS
see listed on the website; we rely on the foresight to set up this training So that was the past, what of the future? Well,
dedicated individuals who give freely of establishment to train the DOs of the as we move forward I doubt the pace that has
their time and talents to make ABDO the future. This College was to be founded in picked up in the last few years will differ in the
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you all one last time – optics is changing at a thoroughly enjoyed my term as president. I SEASONAL EVENT
pace I have never witnessed before and I don’t have especially enjoyed my interactions with
TIE-INS
see that changing any time soon. staff and members alike and I look forward
The ABDO board and senior staff met in to being an advisor to the ABDO board for
Coming up this month on Eyecare
March to plan our strategy for the next 12 the next two years; it will be a great
FAQ, you will find an infographic all
months and beyond. Lively debate abounded privilege to still be involved with ABDO.
about sports eyewear, as well as an
around the table as we plotted a way As a dispensing optician, I too am a
explanation of sports eyewear jargon.
through delivering what we see as prime member and a justifiably proud one at that.
As the weather improves and more
goals for us as an organisation, to enable I would encourage all DOs to be members –
sporting events kick off, we will also be
our members to achieve their own goals. It ABDO is your organisation and is dedicated
tying in eyecare reminders to sporting
is my hope that moving forward we do not to looking after you. So get involved, do
fixtures and other seasonal events, like
lose sight of our core values and the aims your best and never stop learning. This is
last month’s World Book Day. There are
and objectives of the Association, which is my last column so may I leave you all by
more answers to commonly asked
primarily to help and support our members saying: “Be all you can be and enjoy your life
Q&As, and images and explanations of
in all that they do. in our shared vocation”.
equipment used in optical practices to
help you educate patients. There are also
new images to help people understand
more about what makes a well-fitting
pair of specs.
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check back on the EyecareFAQ Facebook
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n page and you will find an infographic all
a wrong turn. Part 2.
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During a quiet, snowbound spell last week I decided to catch up on my reading f graphics explaining laser eye surgery for
and thought this article looked interesting, and something I should know about. e refractive errors. Why not use this
It wasn’t that I needed the CET points, but with the arrival of minor eye b
information as the basis for a blog post,
conditions services and others, the more medical information we have regarding n
a or share on your practice website and
ailments and ocular anomalies, the better. c
social media channels? Find Q&As on
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I was happily reading away when I came to the section about the elderly lady o more eyecare and eyewear topics at
with a basal cell carcinoma, and the two photographs of them. It stopped me in ti www.abdo.org.uk/information-for-
my tracks and I thought, OMG, that looks scarily like that spot on the side of my ma the-public/eyecarefaq
nose which will not seem to clear up.
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the receptionist. The doctor had a really close look under high magnification. I • www.twitter.com/eyecarefaq
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had told her what I thought it was and she said, “The bad news is you are right, it g • plus.google.com/+eyecarefaq
is a basal cell carcinoma. The good news is you were right. It can be treated and is n • www.pinterest.com/eyecarefaq
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not life threatening or going to spread elsewhere”. ok • instagram.com/eyecarefaq/
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you weren’t. She then said, “Anyway, how come you know so much about this?” College are on Facebook, Twitter and
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So I told her I was a dispensing optician and I was reading an article the week n LinkedIn. Check out the social media
before in our professional magazine. She was quite impressed, to the extent that a channels for optical news and updates.

I was suddenly, “A lovely 62-year-old optician who read about this in her optical ts Plus, every ABDO region has an account
magazine”, in the referral letter she dictated to the hospital. en on Facebook and Twitter too for local
I am now awaiting an appointment to have Bertie (the BCC) removed. Who v updates and events. Please share photos
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knows, I may have to get a big nose stud to hide the scar?! So thank you from optical events with us and invite
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NEWS
Highlighting everyday struggles
LONG-ARM AND
Antonia Chitty THE SHORT OF IT
NEW HEAD OF COMMS FOR ABDO Johnson & Johnson Vision (JJV) has
launched a new consumer campaign
Antonia Chitty has joined ABDO full-time as head of communications. Antonia has highlighting the everyday struggles of
been working with the Association in a freelance capacity since 2009 and now is presbyopes, such as long-arming to read
taking on responsibilities previously held by the late Michael Potter. food menus or texts.
ABDO CEO and general secretary, Tony Garrett, said: “I am delighted that Antonia has
A survey conducted in the UK on behalf
accepted the position as head of communications at ABDO. As both a qualified optometrist
of JJV in February 2018, with 2,000 people
and an experienced journalist, she brings a unique skill set to the Association which will
aged 45+, found that 76 per cent of
further improve our communication with members, the optical sector and the public.”
respondents had difficulty reading small
Antonia commented: “It’s great to be on board full time with ABDO. I’m looking
print and nearly half had problems seeing in
forward to spending more time ensuring that members and stakeholders are aware of all
low or dim light.
the great work that the Association does. I will also continue to oversee the
The campaign, which runs across digital,
organisation’s social media campaign, EyecareFAQ, reaching out to the public to raise
print and search platforms, represents a
awareness of eyecare, eyewear and the role of the dispensing optician.”
substantial marketing investment for JJV
Antonia is the author of over 20 books on business, health and special needs. She has
and builds on the success of last year’s
worked for organisations including the Royal National Institute of Blind People, the
partnership with TV and radio star, Sara
British Medical Association and Which?, and has run her own PR agency. Antonia is also
currently working on a creative writing PhD about sight loss. Cox, who continues to act as a brand
ambassador. The aim is to motivate people
to speak to their practitioner about trialing
DROP CAPITA, SAY OPTICAL BODIES 1-Day Acuvue Moist Multifocal contact lenses.
JJV UK marketing director, Ross
In the wake of a profit warning issued by Capita on 31 January, and a share price drop Campbell, said: “Our new campaign centres
of more than 60 per cent, the optical bodies are formally requesting that the firm’s on the observation that people experiencing
contract to deliver primary care support services across England be removed “with presbyopia often resort to ‘long-arming’
immediate effect” – and that another service provider be commissioned. in an attempt to bring things into focus,
The optical bodies said the share price drop “underlined the need for NHS England and such as restaurant menus, or their
the government to prepare to step in and make sure the vital care that our members and smartphones. These new ads depict this in
other NHS contractors provide to patients is properly supported – whatever Capita’s a humourous but sympathetic way and
financial problems”. show that people no longer need to suffer
Turn to page 31 for an in-depth look at how it all went wrong with Capita. ‘long-arm syndrome’.”
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