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Myopia management updates webinar recordings now live

A series of recordings from Myopia Day, held by OT in partnership with the AOP and headline sponsor, CooperVision, are available to watch on-demand

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Today

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

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Today

Three students walk through campus carrying paperwork and folders

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

A close up of the view finder of a piece of optical equipment in a consulting room

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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OT on the go

Our movements over the past 60 days

AOP

05 Jun

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In focus

Vision 2030: The next chapter for eye care

AOP

05 Jun 10 min read

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On the ground at the AOP

An AOP explainer on... changes in employment law

AOP

05 Jun 4 mins

100% Optical

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Five key topics from 100% Optical 2026

AOP

05 Jun

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The CEO’s view

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

AOP

05 Jun 1 3 mins

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A final thought

Frances Jamieson: “Practice ownership represents freedom to me”

AOP

05 Jun 1 4 mins

Kevin Thompson after receiving the AOP’s Peter Yeo Award with Emma Spofforth and Nizz Sabir

Kevin Thompson receives AOP Peter Yeo Award

AOP

04 Jun

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Share your views on the GOC fees discussion paper

AOP

01 Jun

Councillors sitting at tables talking with hands raised at the November 2025 AOP Council meeting

AOP establishes new student and early career positions on its Council

AOP

27 May 5 min read

Vikki Slade MP with OT’s Ceri Smith-Jaynes and the AOP’s Serena Box

Opinion

“Optometrists have the expertise, the equipment, and we are in the community”

AOP

26 May 4 mins

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

AOP

23 May

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A supportive ear

AOP

14 May

AOP announces new Council appointments

AOP

13 May

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AOP publishes five-year strategy

AOP

07 May

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Opinion

Adam Sampson: “Our profession offers a small ray of hope”

AOP

07 May 3 mins

Optometrist Ceri Smith Jaynes and MP Helen Morgan at Parliament

AOP emphasises need for enhanced community eye care in Parliament

AOP

07 May

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Hoya releases clinical trial data for Miyosmart iQ

Products

07 May 5 min read

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An optometrist saved my life

“We will always be grateful that Charlotte recognised the signs when she did”

Patients

26 Jun 5 min read 1

A female optometrist performs a sight test with a slit lamp for a male patient

OFNC advises profession against committing to “unfunded” ERS until negotiations complete

Government and regulation

24 Jun 1

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June/July 2026

The Practice resilience edition

05 Jun

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A close up of the view finder of a piece of optical equipment in a consulting room

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

AOP

09 Jun 3

Optician with man sitting in testing room consulting about vision

Five steps to dealing with… a declined test

AOP

20 Jun 5 min read

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

Three students walk through campus carrying paperwork and folders

AOP student reps for 2026–2027 named

AOP

16 Jul 5 min read

A close up of a car wing mirror showing the traffic on the motorway behind. The light is low, suggesting it is dusk, and car headlights are turning on

AOP and College of Optometrists support reform of assessing drivers’ eyesight

AOP

07 May 1

Chosen for you

A man tries on glasses in an optometry practice

GOC launches consultation on updated sight testing statement

Government and regulation

16 Jul 1

A patient sits in a consultation room as an eye scan is explained to her by a clinician

In the spotlight: ophthalmic laser procedures performed by optometrists

Research

15 Jul 5 min read 4

Three students walk through campus carrying paperwork and folders

AOP student reps for 2026–2027 named

AOP

16 Jul 5 min read

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GOC appoints IP optometrist as its first head of optometric advice

Government and regulation

09 Jul

A man uses a massage gun on his shoulder

Man in his 20s suffers retinal tears after using massage gun on his eyes

Research

06 Jul