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Interviews and in-depth reporting from across optics and the wider eye health landscape

Shahana Miah standing with an Alcon Propel cardboard frame

Early career digest

Propelled potential

Early career optometrist at Boots Opticians, Shahana Miah, speaks to OT about her experience on Alcon’s Propel programme

Career development

27 Oct 5 min read

A professional woman shakes hands with an interviewer while holding a folder

Early career digest

Top tips for building a diverse career

Practitioner stories

25 Oct

A young professional stands outside in an urban landscape

Early career digest

My biggest challenge as a newly-qualified optometrist

Practitioner stories

24 Oct 5 min read

Sameer and Hannah pose during a sight test. Sameer has turned to the camera. With one hand he holds the control for a slit lamp, and with the other he holds a volk lens up to Hannah’s eye

An optometrist saved my life

Hannah Mockler: “I could have been left with permanent damage to my vision”

Practitioner stories

16 Oct

Risha Patel speaking at 100% Optical

A peek into working in industry

Career development

15 Oct

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Cheerful young woman in a red top working on laptop

OT asks...

Do you have one tip for building flexibility into your week?

Health and wellbeing

09 Oct

An older woman and younger man are laughing happily together. The woman has a patch over one eye, suggesting she has had cataract surgery, while the man holds her shoulders in a friendly manner

World Sight Day 2026: “Every professional can help build momentum for change”

Practitioner stories

08 Oct

Selfie of Narthika Sivaloganathan, who has long black hair

Classroom to qualification

Completing the first CLiP assessments as a trainee optometrist

Students and pre-regs

02 Oct 3 mins

An illustration of a cartoon person carrying a large ball of tangled string above their head, with two yellow lightning signs and two dark grey clouds, all indicating stress

In focus

Making a declaration for health concerns: one member’s experience

Practitioner stories

02 Oct 8 min read

A couple wearing sunglasses standing in the sunshine by a coastal scene

Latest launches

Management tools

Products

02 Oct

Simon Raw holds up a mirror to show an elderly female patient her new frames in her living room

Behind the cover story

Behind the scenes of our Flexibility matters edition

Practitioner stories

02 Oct

Optometry teacher teaching students how to perform an eye exam using an eye test equipment

In focus

CLiP: from application to qualification

Students and pre-regs

02 Oct 10 min read

A young girl wearing spectacles is photographed, smiling hopefully upwards, against a blue-green background

Supplier insight

How can practices approach myopia management advances?

Products

02 Oct 5 min read

Adam Sampson stands before a screen to present for an AOP roadshow day

On the ground at the AOP

An AOP explainer on... mobilising members

AOP

02 Oct 3 mins

A close up image of a woman receiving an eye test. Her head is positioned on a rest inside of a red circle and she looks into the lens

What’s happening in...

Getting a wider view

Products

02 Oct

Zahir-Ally Kanji with his practice team

A day in the life of a business owner

Zahir-Ally Kanji: “I structure my day around my energy”

Business and practice management

02 Oct 3 mins

Selina interviewing

OT on the go

Our movements over the past 60 days

AOP

02 Oct

Simon Raw stands beside vehicle

The cover story

In the balance

Practitioner stories

02 Oct 15 min read

Vik stands in an optical practice with walls of warm wooden displays. He wears bold rectangle spectacles in a deep royal-blue, matching his jumper. He looks seriously at the camera

Me and my glasses

Vik Malhi: “The right pair of glasses does not change who you are. It reveals who you have always been”

Products

02 Oct 5 min read

Illustration of lots of coloured shapes in a pile with a woman wearing glasses on the right

The CEO’s view

Adam Sampson: “These issues are not going away”

AOP

02 Oct 4 mins

A young woman with curly hair wearing glasses holds a pair of frames and is surrounded by frames on the wall of an optometry practice

At the dispensing desk

Raising tinted lenses

Products

02 Oct 5 mins

Illustration of three people standing on arrows

A final thought

Catherine McGuckin: “Flexibility means working in an environment that supports my career, learning, and professional development”

AOP

02 Oct 3 mins

A pair of squared spectacles are twisted, one arm pointing up and one down

Behind the brand

ReForm Eyewear: “A whole new world of possibilities”

Products

02 Oct

Inflammation and localised dilation of the episcleral small vessels external layer of the sclerotic

IP and me

Tenderness and aching in the right eye after a period of stress

Patients

02 Oct 5 min read

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An older man stands looking out a window

Tadalafil use associated with higher risk of glaucoma

Research

18 Aug

Kevin Thompson

Obituary: Kevin Thompson

AOP

03 Sep

A woman smiles while wearing solar eclipse glasses

Moorfields Eye Hospital surgeon gives tips on staying safe during the solar eclipse

Patients

10 Aug 1

Sameer and Hannah pose during a sight test. Sameer has turned to the camera. With one hand he holds the control for a slit lamp, and with the other he holds a volk lens up to Hannah’s eye

An optometrist saved my life

Hannah Mockler: “I could have been left with permanent damage to my vision”

Practitioner stories

16 Oct

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

Chosen for you

Sameer and Hannah pose during a sight test. Sameer has turned to the camera. With one hand he holds the control for a slit lamp, and with the other he holds a volk lens up to Hannah’s eye

An optometrist saved my life

Hannah Mockler: “I could have been left with permanent damage to my vision”

Practitioner stories

16 Oct

Exterior of De Montfort University’s Hawthorn Building, home to the university’s Health and Life Sciences faculty

De Montfort’s new optometry degree: increasing eye care accessibility in diverse communities in the East Midlands

Students and pre-regs

2 days ago 10 min read 3

Prime Minister Andy Burnham Budget meeting with John Healey, Chancellor of the Exchequer in 10 Downing Street

Increases to small business rate relief and national minimum wage announced in Budget

Government and regulation

2 days ago

Omega-3 supplements and foods rich in omega-3, including salmon, spinach and broccoli

The effect of omega-3 supplementation on the risk of glaucoma among patients with dry eye

Research

27 Oct

A young professional stands outside in an urban landscape

Early career digest

My biggest challenge as a newly-qualified optometrist

Practitioner stories

24 Oct 5 min read

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