AOP Council

Sarah Lowry and Chris Gould standing outside by a tree trunk on the ground. They are looking at the camera and smiling

Independent domicilary service in North Wales changes hands

Sarah Lowry takes over Trusted Home Eyecare from Christopher Gould, as he prepares to retire

Domiciliary

14 Oct

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A final thought

Catherine McGuckin: “Flexibility means working in an environment that supports my career, learning, and professional development”

AOP

02 Oct 3 mins

Kevin Thompson

Opinion

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

AOP

17 Sep 4 mins

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Optometrists in training and newly-qualified optometrists join AOP Council

AOP

21 Aug 6 min read

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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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In focus

Five factors shaping practice

AOP

06 Aug 10 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

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 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

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

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A final thought

Technology’s role in transforming eye care

AOP

03 Feb 5 mins

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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

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

AOP

08 Jul 2025 8 min read

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A final thought

“We are capable of providing more”

AOP

06 Jun 2025 4 mins

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Most popular across OT

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Tadalafil use associated with higher risk of glaucoma

Research

18 Aug

Kevin Thompson

Obituary: Kevin Thompson

AOP

03 Sep

A woman smiles while wearing solar eclipse glasses

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

Patients

10 Aug 1

Sameer and Hannah pose during a sight test. Sameer has turned to the camera. With one hand he holds the control for a slit lamp, and with the other he holds a volk lens up to Hannah’s eye

An optometrist saved my life

Hannah Mockler: “I could have been left with permanent damage to my vision”

Practitioner stories

16 Oct

A toddler leans against a sofa holding a toy truck. One of his eyes is glowing with a white circle

An optometrist saved my life

“I knew straightaway that this was something that needed to be seen urgently”

Patients

20 Aug 5 min read

Most popular across AOP Council

Four speech bubbles in red, green, yellow, and blue, overlap and intersect over a light blue background

Optometrists in training and newly-qualified optometrists join AOP Council

AOP

21 Aug 6 min read

An illustration in an abstract watercolour style of silhouettes of people, with speech bubbles in muticoloured shapes

In focus

Five factors shaping practice

AOP

06 Aug 10 min read

Sarah Lowry and Chris Gould standing outside by a tree trunk on the ground. They are looking at the camera and smiling

Independent domicilary service in North Wales changes hands

Domiciliary

14 Oct

Illustration of medical professional standing and lines connecting them

A final thought

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

AOP

07 Aug mins

Kevin Thompson

Opinion

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

AOP

17 Sep 4 mins

Chosen for you

Sameer and Hannah pose during a sight test. Sameer has turned to the camera. With one hand he holds the control for a slit lamp, and with the other he holds a volk lens up to Hannah’s eye

An optometrist saved my life

Hannah Mockler: “I could have been left with permanent damage to my vision”

Practitioner stories

16 Oct

Risha Patel speaking at 100% Optical

A peek into working in industry

Career development

15 Oct

Elderly Asian woman being checked with slit lamp microscope

Liberal Democrats adopt Eye care everywhere as party policy

Government and regulation

12 Oct

100% Optical

A handful of people are seated at a circle table in an event, each wearing glowing green earphones. A microphone is handed to one delegate

100% Optical 2027: first look at CPD programme

AOP

14 Oct