British Contact Lens Association

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The British Contact Lens Association[1] is an educational and scientific membership organisation formed in 1977.

In 2013 it had 2000 members. It organises an annual Clinical Conference and Exhibition. In 2015 the main themes were myopia management and presbyopia correction.[2][3] It will be organising a research symposium in March 2016 with the Netherlands Contact Lens Congress.[4]

The current BCLA President is Neil Retallic[5]


A President is elected for either one or two years

Previous Presidents have included:

  • Indie Grewal (Optometrist)
  • Jonathon Bench (Optometrist)
  • Sunil Shah (Ophthalmologist)
  • Keith Tempany (Optician)
  • Brian Tompkins (Optometrist)
  • Andy Yorke
  • Susan Bowers (Optometrist)


The Current CEO is Luke Stevens-Burt (Since April 2020)

Previous CEOs have included

Cheryl Donnell (until March 2020)

Vivian Freeman

References[edit]

  1. ^ Association, British Contact Lens. "Home". www.bcla.org.uk. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Myopia management and presbyopia correction at the BCLA". Optician Online. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  3. ^ "New frontiers in contact lenses". Optometry Today. 8 July 2015. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  4. ^ "BCLA in new partnership to run Netherlands symposium". Optometry Today. 23 June 2015. Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  5. ^ "BCLA President". www.bcla.org.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2022.

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