The Practice resilience edition

Editor’s picks

The cover story

Business class

How optometrists are navigating the pressures of practice ownership to thrive on the High Street in 2026

Business and practice management Today 12 min read

In focus

A focus on prevention in Wales

NHS and health

Today 9 min read

A day in the life of a business owner

“No matter how organised you are, something will always change”

Business and practice management

Today 4 mins

Supplier insight

How is technology enhancing the view of the peripheral retina?

Products

Today 5 min read

A final thought

Frances Jamieson: “Practice ownership represents freedom to me”

AOP

Today 4 mins

Me and my glasses

Jake Burton: “Since making my own frames, I’ve decided to embrace bold”

Products

Today 5 min read

Five key topics from 100% Optical 2026

AOP

Today 5 min read

Life in practice

An optometrist shines a pen torch into an older woman’s eye while she sits in an armchair, looking upward during a home eye examination. The setting appears to be a living room, with wooden flooring, a side table, and a decorative lamp in the background

Decoding domiciliary

“Some of our patients call me a ‘friendly neighbourhood Spider Man’”

Domiciliary

Today 7 min read

Faayza is wearing a shirt and sits at a table with a bunch of flowers

How I got here

“I know how frustrating it can be when you don’t feel heard”

Career development

Today 8 min read 8 mins

Financial bill with past due sign, pen, glasses, calculator, credit card and a wallet on the table

Locum lessons

Where to go for help when practices don’t pay

Locuming

Today 4 mins

Kumell Rizvi, hospital optometrist in blue scrubs

You had me at hospital

Kumell Rizvi: “Hospital optometry is about the people that you encounter”

Hospital optometry

Today 7 min read

Haris looks at the camera whilst wearing a grey suit

A day in the life of a business owner

“No matter how organised you are, something will always change”

Business and practice management

Today 4 mins

A young woman in an optician’s shop smiles as she reaches toward a wall display of glasses frames, while another woman stands slightly out of focus nearby, watching. Bright overhead lighting and a clean, modern interior create a welcoming retail environment

Pre-reg focus

Looking ahead to the OSCEs as a pre-reg optometrist

Students and pre-regs

Today 2 mins

Close up of a Caucasian woman with grey eyes

IP and me

Diagnosing acute anterior uveitis in practice

Patients

Today 5 min read

A brown wallet with pound coins on a blue background

A conversation about...

Adapting your optometry business in a cost-of-living crisis

Business and practice management

Today 8 min read

CPD

Our latest CPD article exams available online in the CPD

1 pointOpening on: 06 June 2026

The habit effect: using behavioural science to improve compliance

This CPD exam outlines how incorporating behavioural techniques as part of the clinical routine can improve patient compliance with contact lenses

Author/s: Sheena Tanna-Shah BSc (Hons)

CPD ref no: C-115529

Exam type: Article (view)

Practitioner types: CLO, DO, O

1 pointOpening on: 06 June 2026

A close-up look at presbyopia: from definition to detection

This CPD exam outlines the definition and assessment of presbyopia, and the factors that contribute to its development and progression

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

CPD ref no: C-115345

Exam type: Article (view)

Practitioner types: O, DO, CLO

1 pointOpening on: 06 June 2026

So, you want to be a domiciliary practitioner?

This CPD exam considers the factors that practitioners need to consider when delivering domiciliary eye care

Author/s: Henry Leonard BSc (Hons) MCOptom

CPD ref no: C-115056

Exam type: Article (view)

Practitioner types: O, DO

1 pointOpening on: 06 June 2026

Posterior capsule opacification and Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy

This CPD exam discusses the factors that influence posterior capsule opacification formation as well as the risks and challenges of performing Nd:YAG laser capsulotomy

Author/s: Michelle Hanratty BSc (Hons) MCOptom DipTp (IP) Prof Cert Med Ret

CPD ref no: C-115386

Exam type: Article (view)

Practitioner types: O, DO

What’s happening...

Helen is photographed in the practice. She wears a blue and black leopard-print shirt and rows of frames are in the background

Dream team

A peek inside... Eyesite Opticians & Hearing Care Reading

Practice team

Today 7 min read

Two women photographed against a brilliant blue sunny sky in a classic country garden with stone vases and topiary. The women are dressed in yellow and lavender wrap dresses, hair slicked back into buns, and both wear oversized frames with thick sides in a marbled pink acetate

What’s happening in...

Fun in the sun

Products

Today

A young couple sit together in a summery terrace surrounded by plants and shurbs. Both wear neutrals in beige, browns, and khaki. Both wear sunglasses

Latest launches

Tech-forward launches

Products

Today

Behind the brand

Monarkh Eyewear: Frames with a distinct, defiant character

Products

Today

Jake wears tortoiseshell colour spectacles and is photographed in a peaceful garden setting

Me and my glasses

Jake Burton: “Since making my own frames, I’ve decided to embrace bold”

Products

Today 5 min read

Woman holding a pair of spectacles an arms length away from her

At the dispensing desk

Managing frame choice for high prescriptions

Practice team

Today 4 mins

A patient, an older woman, is positioned against the chin and forehead rest of the Clarus 500, a piece of imaging equipment. On the other side, a clinician uses a joystick to prepare to take a scan

Supplier insight

How is technology enhancing the view of the peripheral retina?

Products

Today 5 min read

Also in this edition...

OT on the go

Our movements over the past 60 days

AOP

Today

In focus

A focus on prevention in Wales

NHS and health

Today 9 min read

Illustration of a head with cogs and a yellow background

In focus

Vision 2030: The next chapter for eye care

AOP

Today 10 min read

Rows of colourful silhouettes giving the impression of anonymity and shared experiences

On the ground at the AOP

An AOP explainer on... changes in employment law

AOP

Today 4 mins

Rows of attentively listening audiences look towards the stage where a man presents on the new company Cascader. The stage is branded as 100 percent optical

Five key topics from 100% Optical 2026

AOP

Today 5 min read

The CEO’s view

Adam Sampson: “You are our members, and we want to be there for you wherever you need us”

AOP

Today 3 mins

A final thought

Illustration of a woman with a spade digging at a tree with light bulbs on

A final thought

Frances Jamieson: “Practice ownership represents freedom to me”

Optometrist, practice owner, and AOP Councillor representing Scotland, Frances Jamieson, discusses her experiences of practice ownership

AOP Today 4 mins

Edition archive

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

Read the edition

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