Kimberley Young

Content editor

Kimberley Young is content editor for Optometry Today (OT), covering news and product announcements across the industry and High Street, both online and in the print journal. She also interviews optometry students on their journey into the profession for OT’s A to Optometry articles, and speaks to patients and practitioners for the An optometrist saved my life feature.

A patient with greying hair and beard speaks to a practitioner who is wearing a white clinical coat. They are seated in a consulting room

Optometry Scotland publishes community low vision service recommendations

The paper calls for a “properly funded, integrated model” and outlines seven recommendations to inform Scottish Government planning

Government and regulation

3 days ago

100% Optical

A view of the Main Stage of 100% Optical from the crowd

Registration opens for 100% Optical 2027

AOP

3 days ago

A photograph from the back seat of a car showing a driver wearing glasses and a knitted hat

Visual problems among most common conditions recorded with the DVLA, FOI data finds

Patients

3 days ago

A woman wearing spectacles in a home environment – the lenses have minimal reflections

Essilor introduces new anti-reflective coating

Products

03 Sep

A practitioner is talking expressively to an MP during a visit to an optometry practice

Daventry practice hosts MP visit

NHS and health

03 Sep

Inside of a church, a table is set up with trial lenses and tools for a sight test. A practitioner is seated beside it talking to a patient who has their back to the camera

St Albans practices provide eye clinic for people experiencing homelessness

Practitioner stories

03 Sep

A large group dressed in golf and casual athletics attire gather together around a golf caddy

Vision Care celebrates new website

Practitioner stories

02 Sep

An illustration of a man in a suit and tie firing arrows at a target placed on a tree

Dr Anish Jindal: “If you want something, don’t give up”

Practitioner stories

01 Sep 5 min read

A staff member in an InSight branded polo shirt holds out a tablet for a service beneficiary – both are laughing together. The beneficiary wears a bright yellow shirt and purple sunglasses decorated with stick-on gems

Insight Gloucestershire encourages county to prioritise eye health

On the High Street

01 Sep

A group of people gather outside of the new SpaMedica facility

SpaMedica opens cataract centre in Scotland

Patients

28 Aug

Two students carry cardboard boxes filled with small items and furnishings into an apartment, they are laughing and happy

AOP student reps 2026: “It takes time to adjust to university life, and that’s normal”

Students and pre-regs

27 Aug 5 min read

An optometrist performs a sight test for a patient

National Eye Health Week 2026 themes revealed

On the High Street

27 Aug

A clear bottle with blue label and a dropper

Eye serum scoops two awards

Products

27 Aug

A microscopy device

Heidelberg Engineering to present Heidelberg RCM

Products

27 Aug

A young woman lifts a pair of spectacles from the display

Specsavers programme receives Princess Royal Training Award recognition

Practice team

27 Aug

A young girl laughs, she wears red spectacles

SightGlass Vision pass 2m wearers of myopia control lens

Products

25 Aug

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Optometrists in training and newly-qualified optometrists join AOP Council

AOP

21 Aug 6 min read

A woman takes notes from several textbooks open in front of her

College of Optometrists updates glaucoma higher qualifications

Career development

20 Aug

A pair of dark blue sunglasses arranged on the side of a pool with a recycled glasses case beside it

Making a difference in Bali

Products

20 Aug

A toddler leans against a sofa holding a toy truck. One of his eyes is glowing with a white circle

An optometrist saved my life

“I knew straightaway that this was something that needed to be seen urgently”

Patients

20 Aug 5 min read

A female optometrist tests the sight of an older female patient

AOP survey seeks views on GOC proposals to update sight testing statement

AOP

18 Aug

Four people in Specsavers uniform stand behind a reception desk for Specsavers Wick

Wick practice to celebrate 10-year anniversary

On the High Street

18 Aug

A woman wearing glasses stops on the stairs of an underground train station

Ashton Riley Lenses launched for independent practices

Products

18 Aug

A young woman leans her head back to instil eye drops

IACLE partners with WCO and Alcon dry eye initiative

Students and pre-regs

17 Aug

A female optometrist performs a sight test with a slit lamp on a patient

AOP briefing unpacks GOC consultation on update to sight testing statement

AOP

13 Aug

A large glass and metal hospital building

Optegra appoints UK managing director

Hospital optometry

13 Aug

A practitioner performing an eye examination for a child

Bayfields deploys mEye Suite

On the High Street

13 Aug

A young girl on a swingset. She is wearing glasses with a pink rim

Survey explores parental understanding of myopia

Patients

13 Aug

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