AOP Council

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

A meeting on 3 June discussed GOC fees, glaucoma, and hosted the AOP Board election

AOP

17 Jun 6 min read

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

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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A final thought

Frances Jamieson: “Practice ownership represents freedom to me”

AOP

05 Jun 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

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

AOP announces new Council appointments

AOP

13 May

Councillors are seated around tables and looking towards the front of the room, they raise their hands in agreement with a statement

Five discussions from the spring AOP Council meeting

AOP

09 Apr 6 min read

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A final thought

Judith Tate: “Clinical competence is only one part of what makes us effective practitioners”

AOP

02 Apr 4 mins

Johnathan Waugh and Rebecca Donnelly

AOP opens applications for Council

AOP

20 Mar

Councillors are seated around a table in the AOP offices. Dr Peter Hampson is reading a mind map they have produced and members are discussins the information with him

On the ground at the AOP

An AOP explainer on... 2026 Council nominations

AOP

10 Mar 2 mins

Johnathan Waugh

Johnathan Waugh: “You’ll definitely enjoy it, and you’ll definitely find it rewarding”

AOP

03 Mar

Rebecca Donnelly

Rebecca Donnelly: “If you care about the profession, you belong in the room, so put yourself forward”

AOP

02 Mar

Ben Lewis

Obituary: Ben Lewis OBE

Practitioner stories

27 Feb 5 min read

An illustration of an eye comprising on numbers

A final thought

Technology’s role in transforming eye care

AOP

03 Feb 5 mins

Illustration of a student wearing a graduation cap

A final thought

“It was one of the first things I learned about”

AOP

05 Dec 2025 4 mins

Dr Peter Hampson

The Dr Peter Hampson episode

AOP

26 Nov 2025

Habeed Rahman, Zahrah Khan, and Hannah Silcock

Pre-reg focus

The pre-reg path to qualification

Students and pre-regs

01 Aug 2025 10 min read

Council meeting

In focus

A picture of optometry: three AOP Councillors share insights

AOP

01 Aug 2025 8 min read

A final thought

“There have been times where others have seen strengths in me that I was unable to see myself”

AOP

01 Aug 2025 7 min read 1 8 mins

woman with pink hair smiling

AOP Council: updates from devolved nations, certificate of vision impairment, and refracting children

AOP

08 Jul 2025 8 min read

Cogs lead image

A final thought

“We are capable of providing more”

AOP

06 Jun 2025 4 mins

Group of professionals sharing ideas during a casual meeting in a bright, modern workspace

HOC election results announced

Hospital optometry

04 Jun 2025

Bonnie laughs during an AOP Council meeting

AOP appoints new Councillors

AOP

08 May 2025

Person filling in a form on a macbook

Voting opens for Hospital Optometrists Committee elections

Hospital optometry

23 Apr 2025

AOP gavel

Notice of the AOP Annual General Meeting 2025

AOP

11 Apr 2025

AOP Council in discussion

AOP Council: Workforce planning and future technology

AOP

08 Apr 2025 7 min read

People talking sitting around a table

AOP seeks applications for its Hospital Optometrists Committee

Hospital optometry

26 Mar 2025

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Hoya releases clinical trial data for Miyosmart iQ

Products

07 May 5 min read

Black and white image of Nick Rumney looking at the camera whilst wearing a suit

How I got here

Nick Rumney’s limitless ambition for optometry

Career development

29 Mar 18 min read 22 mins

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April/May 2026

The Core values edition

10 Apr

GOC reception area

Sector responses to GOC CPD reform proposals

Government and regulation

23 Apr 1

Most popular across AOP Council

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

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

Councillors are seated around tables and looking towards the front of the room, they raise their hands in agreement with a statement

Five discussions from the spring AOP Council meeting

AOP

09 Apr 6 min read

AOP announces new Council appointments

AOP

13 May

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

Chosen for you

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

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

05 Jun 8 min read 8 mins

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June/July 2026

The Practice resilience edition

05 Jun