A year in optometry unpacked

Glaucoma awareness, MP drop-ins, and reinforcing optometry’s value: reflecting on AOP campaigning in 2025

Serena Box, the AOP’s head of PR and external affairs, and Dr Peter Hampson, AOP clinical and policy director, tell OT about the association’s successes in 2025, and their hopes for the year ahead

AOP

31 Dec 2025 5 min read

Illustration of a clinician in a white coat using a magnifying glass to examine a large stylised eye, symbolising eye care or vision assessment.

Four nations, one profession: how 2025 shaped optometry

Government and regulation

30 Dec 2025 6 min read

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OT's must-reads from 2025

Practitioner stories

28 Dec 2025 5 min read

An illustration divided into nine squares in colours ranging from purple to blue to green. In each square is a pair of spectacles of all different designs and colours. Some are chunky, some are bright red, there are greens, blues and purples. Some are rectangle, there is a cat’s eye, an oversized square, and oval shaped frames

“Sales of eyewear in the UK have continued to grow steadily in 2025”

Products

27 Dec 2025

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Distance vision: optical professionals look back on 2025

Practitioner stories

22 Dec 2025 15 min read

An illustration of a team holding hands, helping each other to climb a series of steps towards a red flag at the top. Around them are celebratory images like confetti

2025 in practice: milestones, challenges, achievements, and connection

On the High Street

22 Dec 2025 8 min read

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