Eye care everywhere

Optometrist at practice

Eye care everywhere

A new vision for eye care professionals and their patients

Optometrists UK wide

16,000+

Optometrist examining patients eyes

Transforming access to eye care

Enhanced eye care services beyond the sight test

Patient having her eyes tested

Optometry in England

Key statistics and our asks for optometry in England

Yearly social and economic benefits of the NHS sight testing service in England

£2 billion

Optometrist at practice

Your guide to influencing change

Key opportunities to use your voice and our top tips

What we are doing

Patient having an eye test

Eye care in crisis

What the ophthalmology backlog of 600,000 patients is costing the NHS

Patient having an eye test

Our vision for change

Key interventions to transform eye care and eye health

Rosie Wrighting, MP, John White, AOP Communications and External Affairs Director and Adam Sampson, AOP CEO

Campaign progress

How we’re raising the profile of eye care to shape policy and improve patient care

Optometrist at work

Get involved

Your guide to engaging with your local representatives on the issues you care about

It is vital that the Government acts to ensure that all patients can visit an optician in the community if they think they have an eye problem, in the same way the public can go to a community pharmacy for a range of health issues.

Adam Sampson, Association of Optometrists