Eyecare success stories

Editor’s picks

The cover story

In the spotlight

OT explores how optometrists are protecting the eye health of their communities by offering extended clinical services

On the High Street Today 11 min read

How I got here

“I don’t believe in having competition in optometry”

Career development

Today 7 min read 8 mins

A day in the life of a business owner

Running an award-winning, sustainable optometry practice in Somerset

Business and practice management

Today 5 min read 6 mins

Me and my glasses

George Clarke: “As a designer, I see frames almost like wearable art”

Products

Today 6 min read

100% Optical

A century of optometry at Aston University

Practitioner stories

Today 10 min read

In focus

Life in practice

Decoding domiciliary

“You have the opportunity to really change their lives”

Domiciliary

Today 6 min read

Sonia sits in a clinic with a piece of optical equipment

How I got here

“I don’t believe in having competition in optometry”

Career development

Today 7 min read 8 mins

Katie Smith smiles in a hospital optometry clinic room

You had me at hospital

Bee stings and retinopathy of prematurity: working in the paediatric eye clinic

Hospital optometry

Today 6 min read

A close-up shot of a group of light brown guinea pigs

Dispensing diaries

“The patient experience is everything”

Business and practice management

Today 6 min read

Cartoon of a clinical team checking eyesight on a giant laptop on a yellow background

Locum lessons

Finding an IP hospital placement

Locuming

Today 5 min read 5 mins

Head and shoulders images of three pre-reg contributors smiling on a pink background

Pre-reg focus

Preparing for the next stage: reflections from a year of pre-reg practice

Career development

Today 9 min read

Teenage girl sits in a car, looking into her phone to check her contact lens in her irritated eye

IP and me

Irritation and foreign body sensation in a contact lens patient

Patients

Today

Cartoon woman looks inside a giant eye on a yellow background

A conversation about...

Closing the gap between the classroom and the clinic

Career development

Today 10 min read

CPD

Our latest CPD article exams available online in the CPD

1 pointOpening on: 08 August 2026

Over quarter of a century with silicone hydrogels: lessons from clinical practice

This CPD exam explores the evolution of silicone hydrogel contact lenses and their impact on clinical practice

Author/s: Dr Debarun Dutta MCOptom PhD FAAO FHEA FIACLE FBCLA

CPD ref no: C-116249

Exam type: Article (view)

Practitioner types: O, DO, CLO

1 pointOpening on: 08 August 2026

Optical coherence tomography: reviewing reports and avoiding artefacts

This CPD exam will enable readers to interpret some of the key elements on OCT reports and identify how the presence of scan artefacts can impact the values obtained

Author/s: Melissa Ivory MSc BSc (Hons) MCOptom Prof Cert Med Ret Prof Cert Glauc

CPD ref no: C-115881

Exam type: Article (view)

Practitioner types: O

1 pointOpening on: 08 August 2026

From bifocals to AI: ophthalmic lenses for presbyopia in the 21st century

This CPD exam explores the evolution of ophthalmic lenses for presbyopia, from early bifocals to modern artificial intelligence (AI)-driven progressive designs, highlighting both technological advances and limitations

Author/s: Eluned Creighton Sims FBDO

CPD ref no: C-116120

Exam type: Article (view)

Practitioner types: O, DO

1 pointOpening on: 08 August 2026

Clinical considerations of vaping

This CPD exam explores the science behind vaping, its role in smoking cessation, and the emerging evidence linking its use to ocular changes

Author/s: Dr Rohit Narayan OD (US) BSc (Hons) DipTp(IP) MCOptom FHEA

CPD ref no: C-116000

Exam type: Article (view)

Practitioner types: DO, O

What’s happening...

An infant boy looks shyly at the camera. He wears pale green glasses that sit snugly around his face

What’s happening in...

The perfect fit

Products

Today 5 min read

Vera is photographed in black and white wearing a tailored black suit jacket, angular sunglasses, and a pale cowboy hat. One hand is on her waist and the other holds a paisley handbag. Behind her is a carousel, lit up against the night sky, as well as a sparkling cityscape

Latest launches

Dry eye developments

Products

Today

Marco is photographed in black and white. He wears a pale suit, sandals, and sits in a woven chair looking to the side. Beside him is a paper lamp and a Tree Spectacles book

Behind the brand

Tree Spectacles: “authentic passion reflected in design and relationships”

Products

Today 5 min read

George poses for the camera with a neutral-serious expression. He has bright blue eyes, dark facial hair, and his dark hair is slicked back from his face. He wears a black textured shirt which shows his tattoos on his neck.

Me and my glasses

George Clarke: “As a designer, I see frames almost like wearable art”

Products

Today 6 min read

Woman in an opticians standing trying on a pair of sunglasses

At the dispensing desk

Recommending prescription sunglasses

Products

Today 4 mins

A young woman wears a headset with the branding for Rexxam

Supplier insight

How is headset technology used in glaucoma care?

Products

Today 5 min read

Tanya is standing in front of shelving displaying six award recognitions, including a certificate and a trophy for Heart of the Practice. Tanya has her brown hair tied back, wearing a green plaid top with a navy blazer

Dream team

A peek inside... Eglinton Eyecare

Practice team

Today 6 min read

Also in this edition...

Illustration of blue puzzle pieces laid out flat with a hand placing a red one into the final remain

The CEO’s view

Adam Sampson: “A solution without a problem is no solution at all”

AOP

Today 4 mins

Farah Topia sitting at a table with camera equipment filming her talking

OT on the go

Our movements over the past 60 days

AOP

Today

100% Optical

Practice teams on the road

Practice team

Today 6 min read

A mother embraces her daughter, who is wearing a graduation gown and cap

In focus

A century of optometry at Aston University

Practitioner stories

Today 10 min read

A close up of an older woman receiving an eye test

On the ground at the AOP

An AOP explainer on... working towards low vision service commissioning

AOP

Today 5 min read 4 mins

An illustration in an abstract watercolour style of silhouettes of people, with speech bubbles in muticoloured shapes

In focus

Five factors shaping practice

AOP

1 day ago 10 min read

A final thought

Illustration of medical professional standing and lines connecting them

A final thought

Sarah Lowry: “Extended pathways allow you to manage everyone who comes in”

IP optometrist and AOP Councillor representing North West England, Sarah Lowry, discusses the importance of extended services for patients, secondary care, and the profession

AOP Today mins

Edition archive

June/July 2026

The Practice resilience edition

OT delves into the realities of life as a practice owner – uncovering the strategies shaping optometry businesses today, and what it takes to remain resilient

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April/May 2026

The Core values edition

OT explores the essential non-clinical values and skills that practitioners develop through experience, and how these values shape patient-focused care and practitioner wellbeing

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February/March 2026

The Emerging tech and future practice edition

Friend or foe? OT explores the role that emerging technologies and AI could play in the optometry setting today, and beyond, for optometrists and patient care

Read the edition