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A child plays with a toy astronaut and rocket

NICE consults on draft low-dose atropine guidance

The draft guidance recommends against NHS funding of low-dose atropine to slow myopia progression, citing insufficient evidence of value for money

NHS and health

1 day ago

Big Issue vendor in Covent Garden Market in London holds up a special edition of The Big Issue, advertising the Charity VIP scheme

Specsavers expands homelessness eye care scheme nationally

Patients

1 day ago

Optometrist Ben Armstrong carrying out a vision check with a young lady at Revvv it Up festival

Community optometrist and RNIB Northern Ireland make two hospital referrals at local festival

Patients

1 day ago

A female optometrist performs a sight test with a slit lamp on a patient

AOP briefing unpacks GOC consultation on update to sight testing statement

AOP

1 day ago

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What is the proudest moment of your career so far?

On the High Street

1 day ago 5 min read

A large glass and metal hospital building

Optegra appoints UK managing director

Hospital optometry

1 day ago

A practitioner performing an eye examination for a child

Bayfields deploys mEye Suite

On the High Street

1 day ago

A young girl on a swingset. She is wearing glasses with a pink rim

Survey explores parental understanding of myopia

Patients

1 day ago

A child wearing glasses plays with toy dinosaurs

In conversation with Dr Natalia Vlasak about the Miyosmart iQ spectacle lens

Research

1 day ago 5 min read

A woman looks at a computer screen

Optometrists invited to complete survey on AI in eye care

Research

1 day ago

An illustration in tones of blue in which a woman stands in front of a crossroads that points in many directions. Her posture indicates confusion

A Level results day: “Failing wasn’t the end of my story”

Students and pre-regs

2 days ago 7 min read

Health minister, Mike Nesbitt MLA, with Optometry Northern Ireland chair, Brian McKeown, and colleagues during a visit to Brogan’s Eyes and Ears practice in Lisburn

Northern Ireland health minister visits community optometry practice

Government and regulation

2 days ago

Parliamentary portrait of James Frith MP

James Frith MP takes on responsibility for eye care at the DHSC

Government and regulation

3 days ago

Swimmers gather at the water’s edge during the Gateway to the Sea event

Into the wild

Research

3 days ago

A woman smiles while wearing solar eclipse glasses

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

Patients

3 days ago 1

Henry Leonard

What is an internal referral?

Locuming

3 days ago

Henry Leonard

Safeguarding responsibilities: when to step in

Locuming

09 Aug

Henry Leonard

What to do if a patient refuses a referral

Locuming

08 Aug

A man sits at a desk working at a laptop

Nine in 10 GOS contractors delay recruiting new staff as practice costs rise

NHS and health

07 Aug

A futuristic map of the UK

Eye commentary suggests UK “uniquely placed” to bring oculomics from code to clinic

Research

07 Aug

A woman sits on the sofa wearing a blanket and blowing her nose

Persistent ocular symptoms following COVID-19

Research

07 Aug

John Davidson, optometrist and owner of Querido & Davidson

Behind the scenes of our Eye care success stories edition

On the High Street

07 Aug

Caroline Mosses

In the spotlight

On the High Street

07 Aug 11 min read

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

“The patient experience is everything”

Business and practice management

07 Aug 6 min read

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

Irritation and foreign body sensation in a contact lens patient

Patients

07 Aug

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

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

Career development

07 Aug 9 min read

Katie Smith smiles in a hospital optometry clinic room

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

Hospital optometry

07 Aug 6 min read

“You have the opportunity to really change their lives”

Domiciliary

07 Aug 6 min read

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