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

Young female optometrist facing the camera in front of an Amsler chart whilst giving a male patient an eye test

The workshop

Future optometry business owner? The three aspects of practice insurance you need to know about

Emily Tyler, commercial development manager at Lloyd & Whyte, explains the aspects of practice insurance that optometry business owners should be aware of

Business and practice management

14 Nov

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In focus

Seven insights from the 2025 political party conference season

Government and regulation

12 Nov 9 min read

Illustration of an hourglass

Opinion

“Policymaking is not about dealing in black and white; it is about deciding between shades of grey”

AOP

06 Nov 5 min read 5 mins

Zak smiling in a head and shoulders shot

Pre-reg focus

“Everything I had learned started to fall into place”

Students and pre-regs

03 Nov 2 mins

A group of students in a line outside a hospital in Malawi

“I knew that this trip would be a once in a lifetime experience”

Students and pre-regs

31 Oct 5 min read

Robert sits at a table in the garden smiling

An optometrist saved my life

“Cancer was the last thing on my mind”

Patients

28 Oct 8 min read

Mixed race man with closed eyes holding a smartphone to his ear

How RNIB is utilising big business to bolster its accessibility agenda with Government

Government and regulation

17 Oct 6 min read

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OT asks...

What is the one policy change that would most benefit the optical profession?

Government and regulation

16 Oct 2

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Opinion

“I’m optimistic for optometry’s future”

Practitioner stories

11 Oct 5 min read 2 mins

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In clinic with hospital optometry

Evolving services, and developing further

Hospital optometry

03 Oct 10 min read

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A final thought

“Your vision has consequences for others”

AOP

03 Oct 3 mins

Blonde woman looking in a mirror whilst applying contact lenses

IP and me

Itching and discomfort in a contact lens patient

Patients

03 Oct

Kim Whittet, practice buddy at Hakim Group

In focus

Navigating menopause in the workplace

Health and wellbeing

03 Oct 9 min read

Kate stands in front of a white wall, smiling

Decoding domiciliary

“I love going back to see the same patients year after year”

Domiciliary

03 Oct

Lucy Miller at the LibDem conference 2025

OT on the go

Our movements over the past 60 days

AOP

03 Oct

A woman in clinical clothing types at a computer

Supplier insight

Enabling efficient, seamless diary management in practice

Business and practice management

03 Oct 6 min read

Standing in front of a colourful patterned background, Rebecca wears large squared glasses with a thick black frame. She has brown hair and large gold hoop earrings, a navy top and jeans.

Me and my glasses

“I wanted to create a character with glasses who wasn’t a stereotypical ‘nerd’ type”

Patients

03 Oct

Eliza is in graduation robes and is holding a bunch of sunflowers

Pre-reg focus

“I left the appointment with a real sense of accomplishment”

Students and pre-regs

03 Oct 2 mins

A bright pink and pastel display of Lollipop lens tints at 100% Optical. The display has a picture of a woman holding up a giant swirly lollipop wearing light blue lenses and posing with a pout and peace sign

Behind the brand

“There is a clear shift towards premium, customised products and solutions”

Products

03 Oct

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Latest launches

Dry eye developments

Products

03 Oct

Ankur Trivedi holds his hands up to a large photographic light

Behind the cover story

Behind the scenes of our Prevention and policy edition

Practitioner stories

03 Oct

Robyn Marsden, from Johnson & Johnson, presents at the preview relaunching the STEP programme

What’s happening in...

Contact lens and aftercare news and views

Products

03 Oct

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The CEO's view

“Optometry is ready to help”

AOP

03 Oct 5 min read 5 mins

A road at night with headlights blurring into white and red streaks

On the ground at the AOP

An AOP explainer on... campaigning for safe driving vision

AOP

03 Oct 7 min read 6 mins

I could not live without…

My IP qualification

Career development

03 Oct 6 min read 1 6 mins

Jayne wears a green top with a name badge and black glasses with orange and yellow geometric details. She stands in front of a wall with a watercolour skyline

Dream team

A peek inside... Simon Berry Optometrists

Practice team

03 Oct

A man tries on blue framed spectacles in an optometry practice

Asked and answered

Dispensing for early presbyopes

Practice team

03 Oct 3 mins

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Sam Baird, Paula Beattie, Robbie Butler, Andy Allen

Northern Ireland to reinstate automatic access to free sight tests for most Universal Credit recipients

Government and regulation

22 Sep

A woman instills an eye drop in the eye of a boy

MHRA approves low-dose atropine eye drops for slowing myopia progression

Government and regulation

13 Nov

Red eye, front view

Consultation into extending medicine responsibilities for optometrists launched by DHSC

Government and regulation

04 Sep 1

Carina Hummel

25 years at Specsavers: from trainee dispensing optician to managing director of optics

Career development

08 Sep 10 min read

An Optegra hospital

EssilorLuxottica completes Optegra acquisition

On the High Street

02 Oct

Chosen for you

A woman instills an eye drop in the eye of a boy

MHRA approves low-dose atropine eye drops for slowing myopia progression

Government and regulation

13 Nov

A toddler smiles while playing with coloured blocks that slide along a wire

An improved vision test for toddlers

Research

05 Nov

100% Optical

Two people look through a table of frames at an exhibition stand

Exhibitor list released for 100% Optical 2026

Products

03 Nov

MP Shockat Adam sits down whilst having a eye examination at a Vision Care clinic

Optometrist turned MP visits Vision Care clinic on World Homeless Day

Patients

06 Nov

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