Emily McCormick

“A very neat, high-performing solution”

OT spoke to the founder and director of Aston Vision Sciences, Karl Obszanski, about the company’s fluorescein filter at 100% Optical

Orbisipad

Heidelberg Engineering teams up with Orbis to provide education to practitioners globally

Mindfulness illustration that is yellow, pink, blue and green

Eyes on wellbeing

How to feel less stressed: practitioners share their go-to destress hacks

11 min read

Practitioner stories

Marsha de Cordova MP

“We are now in an eye health emergency”

6 min read

Health services

Cathy Davis in her running kit tying up her shoelaces outside a Specsavers practice

“The tumour would’ve continued to grow, I would’ve continued to be unwell and would’ve been left with lifechanging disabilities”

Optometrist Cathy Davis prepares to run the Manchester Marathon 18 months on from a brain tumour diagnosis that was spotted thanks to a referral by a colleague

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AOP Councillors stand outside the AOP offices

AOP Council elections open for voting

GOC seeks new lay members for council

Optical organisations

Optometrist Tony McGinn outside a Specsavers opticians practice

Providing eye care in Kenya

Practitioner stories

cigarettes

More awareness needed about the effects of smoking on eye health, says Moorfields Eye Hospital

Health services

Animation of a group of faces

International Women’s Day: celebrating achievements

11 min read

Practitioner stories

Dispensing optician and AOP outgoing Councillor, James Dawson

AOP Council elections

James Dawson: “If you love what you do and want to ensure that the voices of dispensing opticians are heard, this is a role for you to get your teeth into”

Patient getting a sight test

OFNC “unable to accept offer” for 2024–2025 fees and grants

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Book and glasses

RNIB launches new “ground-breaking” low vision framework

man holding a telescope

“Ophthalmology is one of the busiest specialisms in NHS hospitals”

5 min read

Career development

Outside of City, University of London

Merger announced by two London universities

Optical organisations

Image of Stewart Mitchell

AOP Council elections

Stewart Mitchell: “Fresh voices are always important”

OT speaks to AOP Councillor for Yorkshire and the Humber, Stewart Mitchell, as he steps down from Council in this year’s elections

Dr Jason Jedlicka

Steps to fitting scleral lenses

Optometrist and AOP Councillor Francesca Marchetti sitting at a table at the AOP

AOP Council elections

Francesca Marchetti: “It has opened up a whole new world of optometry for me”

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AOP Council elections

Kevin Wallace: “I wanted to do my bit and help to shape the profession”

A group photograph of AOP Council

AOP Council elections

What it is like being on AOP Council

8 min read

Matt Roney standing in front of a screen presenting

AOP confirms Locum Clinical Skills Conference will return in 2024

green brown eye

WCO announces details for World Optometry Week 2024

Optical organisations

A man, Neil Retallic, with short brown hair smiling and wearing a blue and white chequered shirt

MiniPAC returns