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.

Tanya is standing in front of shelving displaying six award recognitions, including a certificate and a trophy for Heart of the Practice. Tanya has her brown hair tied back, wearing a green plaid top with a navy blazer

Dream team

A peek inside... Eglinton Eyecare

Dispensing assistant, Tanya McKinney, on her varied role, a workplace that feels like family, and receiving the SightCare Award 2026 for Heart of the Practice

Practice team

3 days ago 6 min read

Vera is photographed in black and white wearing a tailored black suit jacket, angular sunglasses, and a pale cowboy hat. One hand is on her waist and the other holds a paisley handbag. Behind her is a carousel, lit up against the night sky, as well as a sparkling cityscape

Latest launches

Dry eye developments

Products

3 days ago

Marco is photographed in black and white. He wears a pale suit, sandals, and sits in a woven chair looking to the side. Beside him is a paper lamp and a Tree Spectacles book

Behind the brand

Tree Spectacles: “authentic passion reflected in design and relationships”

Products

3 days ago 5 min read

An infant boy looks shyly at the camera. He wears pale green glasses that sit snugly around his face

What’s happening in...

The perfect fit

Products

3 days ago 5 min read

George poses for the camera with a neutral-serious expression. He has bright blue eyes, dark facial hair, and his dark hair is slicked back from his face. He wears a black textured shirt which shows his tattoos on his neck.

Me and my glasses

George Clarke: “As a designer, I see frames almost like wearable art”

Products

3 days ago 6 min read

A young woman wears a headset with the branding for Rexxam

Supplier insight

How is headset technology used in glaucoma care?

Products

3 days ago 5 min read

100% Optical

Three women pose together in sunglasses for a selfie at 100% Optical

Practice teams on the road

Practice team

3 days ago

An illustration in an abstract watercolour style of silhouettes of people, with speech bubbles in muticoloured shapes

In focus

Five factors shaping practice

AOP

06 Aug 10 min read

Three men in business attire stand in front of a light screen, celebrating eighty years of Millmead Optical Group

Millmead at 80: Reflections and catalysts

Products

03 Aug 6 min read

A man watches a live feed of a professional giving a presentation

First Optometry Education Conference welcomes 150 attendees

Students and pre-regs

03 Aug

An open display book of photochromic lenses each displaying the colour they turn after exposure to UV

Rodenstock showcases photochromic family

Products

03 Aug

A collage of four photos of different eyewear on display. Larger, bold frames are presented in the top left, angular shapes with pink colour pops in bottom left, a deep red oval frame in top right, and dark green oval pair in the bottom right

Five eyewear trends from 100% Optical 2026

Products

02 Aug

A young woman poses with her hand in her shoulder-length dark hair. A light blue-white knitted jumper slips off of one shoulder for an effect that is care-free. Behind her is a blue and white circle design

Acuvue partners with Clinique

Patients

31 Jul

A laughing man stands in front of a light wall with a rainbow of spectacle frames, lenses and cases displayed

Jai Kudo Lenses present Signature varifocals

Products

30 Jul

Hannah Telfer, left, Alex McIntyre MP, and Nikhil Sonpal stand around a Vision Care banner

Vision Care Mobile Vision Service hosts MP visit

Patients

30 Jul

A professional woman is receiving an eye test from an optometrist

AOP: Four in five A&E visits for eye problems could be managed in community optometry

AOP

30 Jul 1

Staff from the Sunderland Specialist Eye Hospital gather on the main staircase of the new facility, holding up balloon letters that spell out ‘New Home’

Sunderland Specialist Eye Hospital fully open to public

Hospital optometry

29 Jul

A computer screen with a page displaying the Ask Stepper platform

Stepper launches AI information platform

Products

28 Jul

A close-up of a hand flicking through a pile of organised papers

GOC updates Hearing and Indicative Sanctions guidance

Government and regulation

28 Jul

Graham Trevor and Jack Hawkins shake hands under a sign for Mainline Instruments. Graham wears a short-sleeved pink shirt and dark blue trousers, while Jack wears dark wash jeans, a white shirt and grey check blazer

Mainline Instruments appoints new executive commercial director

Products

24 Jul

A close-up of a young woman preparing to insert a contact lens

BCLA names Dr Manbir Nagra as chair

Practitioner stories

24 Jul

A birds-eye-view of a man attending a virtual meeting, with notebooks in front of him. He types with one hand and holds a cup of tea in the other

Myopia management updates webinar recordings now live

AOP

23 Jul

Dani leans around the side of a large computer screen displaying an image of an eye, as she presses buttons in a demonstration. Dani has bright pink hair, pink nails, and a black top with thin coloured stripes

Topcon showcases Tera and Triton2

Products

22 Jul

Dr Erika Kennington smiling at the camera. She has strawberry blonde hair, grey eyes, and wears a blue jumper

Macular Society appoints new director of research

Research

22 Jul

Deven wears a suit and stands by a floral arrangement in the shape of spectacles

Myopia Focus welcomes optometrist to advisory committee

Practitioner stories

22 Jul

Dr Alistair Bounds in a blue shirt collar and grey jumper stands with Dr Dan Daly, who wears a blue linen shirt, in an office

Occuity secures £1.5m grant for diabetes screening tech

Products

21 Jul

Jonathan Cohen in a navy suit stands at the front of a room of tiered seating welcoming attendees to the event. A projected screen in the background states Sensei Innovation Centre

Independent practitioners gather at Japan House London for Hoya event

Products

21 Jul 7 min read

A retinal imaging device against a black background

CE mark approval for Topcon’s Gaia

Products

21 Jul

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