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Boots in £6.5 billion acquisition deal

Wittington Investments outlined its plans to “invest to build on Boots’ strengths and potential”

On the High Street

Today

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487 locally commissioned services in place in England

On the High Street

Today

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Learnings for the whole practice team

AOP

Today

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Finnish study explores effect of long-term medication use on AMD risk in older women

Research

1 day ago

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Professor Omar Mahroo on inherited retinal disease

Research

1 day ago 5 min read 1

Blink Frames for continuous ocular health monitoring

Continuous monitoring using smart eyewear

Research

1 day ago

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From treatments to daily living tips: an online hub for eye condition information

Patients

1 day ago

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Vision rehabilitation must be part of social care reform, RNIB says

Government and regulation

2 days ago

Adam Sampson and Dame Diana Johnson on panel

“Real opportunity” to utilise primary care skills on the High Street, health minister says

Government and regulation

2 days ago 7 min read

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Six new product innovations announced at opening of CooperVision’s new global headquarters

Products

2 days ago 6 min read

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EssilorLuxottica launches Nuance Audio Plus

Products

2 days ago

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Haag-Streit 2026 slit lamp imaging winners announced

Products

3 days ago

Identifying red flag symptoms

Patients

3 days ago 8 min read

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Vision Care introduces Right to Sight Week

On the High Street

02 Oct

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Seven insights from the GOC

Government and regulation

02 Oct 8 min read

Three children stand in front of a large orange and white Able Child banner each wearing orange Able Child challenge t-shirts and medals. They are cheering for the camera

Horrocks & Boyd sponsor children’s fundraising challenge

On the High Street

01 Oct

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Silmo d’Or Awards celebrate design

Products

01 Oct

A woman is receiving an eye test. The optometrist holds up a Volk lens to her eye

2.54m eye exams undertaken under GOS in Scotland

NHS and health

01 Oct 5 min read

A group gather together, holding up signs for Visionary Award winners

Recognising changemakers in the sight loss sector

Patients

01 Oct

A man with sight loss uses a laptop at a desk

Survey finds one in five people with eye conditions offered ‘bogus’ treatments

Research

01 Oct

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SeeAbility to provide special schools service to 70,000 children

NHS and health

01 Oct

100% Optical

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Curated space for independent eyewear to launch at 100% Optical 2027

Products

30 Sep

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Compact eye-scanning technology could bring children’s monitoring into the home

Research

29 Sep

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EssilorLuxottica extends commitment to independent practices with new partnership programme

Business and practice management

29 Sep 6 min read

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Hakim Group recognised in best managed companies awards

On the High Street

29 Sep

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Seven insights from Specsavers’ Access to Care Report 2026

On the High Street

29 Sep 5 min read

John McGuinness

Specsavers appoints head of professional advancement

On the High Street

29 Sep

Linda Grant

Annual award will remember Linda Grant

NHS and health

28 Sep

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Tadalafil use associated with higher risk of glaucoma

Research

18 Aug

Kevin Thompson

Obituary: Kevin Thompson

AOP

03 Sep

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

Patients

10 Aug 1

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An optometrist saved my life

“I knew straightaway that this was something that needed to be seen urgently”

Patients

20 Aug 5 min read

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Eye care success stories

07 Aug

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NEHW 2026: enhanced services in primary eye care

On the High Street

23 Sep 8 min read

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Practice team digest

Tailoring the dry eye conversation

Practice team

27 Sep 8 min read

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Eye care everywhere

Assessing urgent eye conditions in Greater Manchester

On the High Street

01 Oct 8 min read

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October/November 2026

The Flexibility matters edition

02 Oct

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