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NHS England publishes PCSE Online business continuity plan

OFNC confirmed the plan outlines steps to take in instances where there is a PCSE system outage or internet connectivity issues, and which will bring “significant benefits to domiciliary providers”

Health services

Supplier insight

Where to start when setting up a dry eye clinic

10 min read

Equipment and suppliers

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Louis Stone Optical to close

Equipment and suppliers

Optometry Wales hosts first awards ceremony

Optical organisations

A large shop window, has large numbers reading ‘100’ and a poster stating ‘We are celebrating 100 years in Winchester’ photographs are arrayed behind.

“The team are proud to be part of such a big milestone”

An optometrist saved my life

“Through examination, I found a full thickness macula hole”

Ella Rudge, optometrist at Specsavers in Bexhill-on-Sea, and patient, Sacha Pink, on how noticing a change in vision started a journey towards vitrectomy surgery

5 min read

Practitioner stories

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Shamir launches myopia management lens

Eyewear and lenses

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Coral Eyewear acquires Pala

Eyewear and lenses

A man dressed in smart jeans and a maroon shirt sits in the centre of a row of waiting room chairs. His chin is resting in one hand, while he checks his watch with the other, in an expression suggesting he has been waiting for a while

Autumn statement: the NHS, waiting lists, and cost-of-living concerns

5 min read

Health services

Male student, Habeeb Rahman, wearing a navy suit with a burgundy tie and wearing glasses. He is leaning in to look through the eye piece of an optical instrument. Around his collar is a 100% Optical lanyard

“The defining moment for me came unexpectedly”

6 min read

Career development

Supporting healthy ageing

Organisations across the sector responded to the Chief Medical Officer’s 2023 report, Health in an ageing society, raising topics of domiciliary support, the need for a National Eye Health Strategy and the effects of sensory impairment

7 min read

Health services

Long reads

Where to start when setting up a dry eye clinic
10 min read
“Through examination, I found a full thickness macula hole”
5 min read
Autumn statement: the NHS, waiting lists, and cost-of-living concerns
5 min read

A man’s legs and torso are in frame as he stands with his back to the camera in the aisle of a supermarket. In one hand he holds a shopping basket with a milk bottle, loaf of bread, and vegetables. The aisle is blurred but the bright colours of the packaging pop.

Cost of living concerns taking a toll on wellbeing, RNIB says

Dave Myers is photographed against a dark navy-black backdrop. He wears black framed glasses and wears a light blue shirt with a navy waistcoat which has a brown floral motif.

“Everybody should have access to eye care locally”

Health services

Road-ready vision in the headlights with Glaucoma UK

An audience of professionals are engaging in a lecture. Three individuals are in frame, each sat at desks and wearing headphones. They look off to the right and a presentation is reflecting in the glasses of two of the delegates. They all wear smart causal, patterned clothing. More audience members are behind them, but blurred.

100% Optical releases second phase of CPD programme

Key topics will include myopia management, artificial intelligence, and optical coherence tomography

Walking boots on: Hakim Group hosts fundraising challenge

Hakim Group HQ team members are participating in a walking and running challenge throughout November in support of men’s mental health

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“Professional connections are invaluable”

7 min read

Practitioner stories

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contact lenses and aftercare?

Eyewear and lenses

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Behind the brand

“Designed with individuality in mind”

Eyewear and lenses

A smartly dressed man is having a sight test

RNIB reveals Eye Care Support Pathway

Optical organisations

Patty Perreira and Bill Barton both wear black and pose in front of a display of eyewear. Barton stands on the right and has his arm around Perreira.

Thélios acquires Barton Perreira

Eyewear and lenses

Five consumer trends heading into 2024

Mintel’s director of trends, EMEA, Simon Moriarty, identified key consumer trends set to shape the year ahead

6 min read

Ali Mearza stands on the left in navy blue scrubs, he is smiling laughingly and shaking the hand of David Killingrey, who wears a smart shirt and chinos and smiles at the camera

OCL Vision in UK-first for Vivinex Impress IOL