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Labour party conference entrance.

The Labour party conference: ‘the biggest conference the Labour Party has ever held’

AOP external affairs officer, Freya Stenton, shares insight into the AOP’s voice and making connections at the Labour party conference

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The Conservative party conference: “It is important to remember that politics is an ever-changing force”

Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, in Liverpoool, UK, is seen from the front on a sunny day with blue skies

“We miss so much of the eye care need that is out there”

View of the Houses of Parliament in London

The Lib Dem Party Conference

Illustration on an eye, eye test chart, spectacles and an eye drop bottle

“What optometrists do changes lives, saves lives and builds lives”

“September and October are probably the peak of activity for the organisation”

AOP chief executive, Adam Sampson, shares insight into the work of the AOP over the coming months as teams across the Association gear up for September and beyond

One hand on the left and the other on the right. Both hands are holding a puzzle piece.

“Physics itself evidenced that two different views of the world were equally valid”

animation of hands in a circle

“We need to now consider how we should be building on the increased influence we are able to wield”

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“What is at stake is not just a tinkering around the edges of how NHS optometry works in Wales”

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Blog May 23

“Improving public health is not the same as increasing access to a doctor”

“It is worth pausing for a second to celebrate what we have achieved”

AOP chief executive, Adam Sampson, reflects on the GOC’s response analysis on its call for evidence on the Opticians Act

handshake

“Argument alone rarely succeeds”

scales

Truth matters

Sept 1 blog

Back to school season

Sleepy cat

Out of energy

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Optometry and the cost of living crisis

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