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Five steps to dealing with... social media and online conduct

The AOP’s Henry Leonard shares his five tips for staying out of trouble on social media

AOP

18 Sep 1

Kevin Thompson

Opinion

Adam Sampson: “At heart, Kevin was a change-maker”

AOP

17 Sep 4 mins

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AI Day 2026: Responsible AI use in eye care

AOP

16 Sep

100% Optical

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Registration opens for 100% Optical 2027

AOP

10 Sep

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AOP on what the Mann review means for optometry

AOP

10 Sep

Kevin Thompson

Obituary: Kevin Thompson

AOP

03 Sep

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Five steps to dealing with... a patient complaint, part three

AOP

22 Aug

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Optometrists in training and newly-qualified optometrists join AOP Council

AOP

21 Aug 6 min read

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AOP survey seeks views on GOC proposals to update sight testing statement

AOP

18 Aug

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

13 Aug

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OT on the go

Our movements over the past 60 days

AOP

07 Aug

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A final thought

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

AOP

07 Aug mins

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The CEO’s view

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

AOP

07 Aug 4 mins

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On the ground at the AOP

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

AOP

07 Aug 5 min read 4 mins

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In focus

Five factors shaping practice

AOP

06 Aug 10 min read

A professional woman is receiving an eye test from an optometrist

AOP: Four in five A&E visits for eye problems could be managed in community optometry

AOP

30 Jul 1

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Myopia management updates webinar recordings now live

AOP

23 Jul

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Response to GOC fee-setting consultation calls for transparent and proportionate structure

AOP

23 Jul

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AOP student reps for 2026–2027 named

AOP

16 Jul 5 min read

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Opinion

Adam Sampson: “There is a time when you have to stand your ground”

AOP

09 Jul 3 mins

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AOP releases dedicated student webinar series to watch on-demand

AOP

03 Jul

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Five steps to dealing with… a declined test

AOP

20 Jun 5 min read

The AOP Councillors gather outside the glass front doors of the building, they are all looking up and smiling towards the camera

AOP Council meeting in five updates

AOP

17 Jun 6 min read

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AOP takes advocacy on the road with new CPD-accredited series

AOP

16 Jun

100% Optical

Serena Box stands in front of a blue wall on the AOP stand at 100% Optical

How to become “an eye care champion”

AOP

15 Jun

Karan is photographed in the library of the AOP offices, with rows of optometry and professional books behind him. He wears thin metal glasses and a checkered blue and green shirt

AOP Board welcomes new member

AOP

10 Jun

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Frustration over plans for digitising referrals without “fully costed plan for a national roll-out”

AOP

09 Jun 3

Emma Spofforth and Nizz Sabir sitting on an sofa holding the AOP chairman medal

Leadership, continuity and change: AOP chairman handover

AOP

08 Jun 7 min read

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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

Professor Shehzad Naroo with an ophthalmoscope

A personal history of Aston University optometry department in 12 objects

Students and pre-regs

06 Aug 9 min read

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Kevin Thompson

Obituary: Kevin Thompson

AOP

03 Sep

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

13 Aug

Three students walk through campus carrying paperwork and folders

AOP student reps for 2026–2027 named

AOP

16 Jul 5 min read

A professional woman is receiving an eye test from an optometrist

AOP: Four in five A&E visits for eye problems could be managed in community optometry

AOP

30 Jul 1

100% Optical

A view of the Main Stage of 100% Optical from the crowd

Registration opens for 100% Optical 2027

AOP

10 Sep

Chosen for you

Winner of best overall talk at the British Congress of Optometry and Vision Science, Claire Nollett

Eight insights from BCOVS

Research

17 Sep 14 min read

Kevin Thompson

Obituary: Kevin Thompson

AOP

03 Sep

100% Optical

A view of the Main Stage of 100% Optical from the crowd

Registration opens for 100% Optical 2027

AOP

10 Sep

Malvi providing a sight test to child, Ellie

Opinion

Malvi Patel: “No two days are the same, and no two children are the same”

Practitioner stories

07 Sep 5 min read 1 5 mins

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Man with loss of vision and blocked nose found to have 9cm foreign body in nasal cavity

Research

11 Sep