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Optical Consumer Complaints Service resolution manager, Kayleigh Turnbull, shares her top tips for preventing conflict from escalating in practice
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Eliza Jane McCall: “It definitely wasn’t easy, but it was a lot simpler than I thought”
Eliza Jane McCall share her experience of sitting the OSCEs with OT
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