Charity

A group gather together, holding up signs for Visionary Award winners

Recognising changemakers in the sight loss sector

The Visionary Annual Awards 2026 recognised youth programmes, policy-changing campaigns, and more

Patients

1 day ago

Martyn dispensing glasses to a pupil

SeeAbility to provide special schools service to 70,000 children

NHS and health

1 day ago

Arranged on a white background are two silver number candles spelling out 60 and a scattering of amber, white and pink confetti

Glaucoma UK reminds over 60s of NHS entitlement

Patients

23 Sep 1

Legs and feel of two people, one with a white stick, walking along a pavement

Specsavers supports Eye Health Award at the Visionary Eye Health Awards 2026

Patients

22 Sep

Two men, one a guide runner, take part in Parkrun

Specsavers partners with Parkrun to increase accessibility

Health and wellbeing

22 Sep

HRH shares the podium with Lucia Mvula, Country Director, Orbis Zambia

Duchess of Edinburgh joins charity partners in Zambia to highlight need for greater eye health resources

Patients

21 Sep

The Audio is King panel sitting on tall chairs next to one another in a line, in front of a large glass window in an office. From left to right they are John Paton and Sonali Rai from RNIB, Richard Kurzik from BBC, Jonathan Penny from Channel 4 and Simon Elder from Sky

RNIB emphasises importance of audio descriptions as part of TV production process

Research

15 Sep

A man stands in a sunny garden holding a tartan scarf above his head beside a large orange, turtle-like garden sculpture with cartoon eyes, horns and pointed legs. Smaller colourful sculpted figures stand nearby among the flowers and greenery

Visually impaired man’s Highland cow design to be made into official Lego set

Patients

14 Sep

A children making a picture of the Gruffalo

Charity to launch accessible edition of Gruffalo Granny on publication day

Patients

04 Sep

People pet a small brown sheep

Care of two pet sheep entrusted to RNIB in will

Patients

04 Sep

Inside of a church, a table is set up with trial lenses and tools for a sight test. A practitioner is seated beside it talking to a patient who has their back to the camera

St Albans practices provide eye clinic for people experiencing homelessness

Practitioner stories

03 Sep

A large group dressed in golf and casual athletics attire gather together around a golf caddy

Vision Care celebrates new website

Practitioner stories

02 Sep

A staff member in an InSight branded polo shirt holds out a tablet for a service beneficiary – both are laughing together. The beneficiary wears a bright yellow shirt and purple sunglasses decorated with stick-on gems

Insight Gloucestershire encourages county to prioritise eye health

On the High Street

01 Sep

An optometrist performs a sight test for a patient

National Eye Health Week 2026 themes revealed

On the High Street

27 Aug

Senior man holding an magnifying glass he uses to help him read

Macular Society conference registration opens

Research

21 Aug

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

13 Aug

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

13 Aug

A mother embraces her daughter, who is wearing a graduation gown and cap

In focus

A century of optometry at Aston University

Practitioner stories

07 Aug 10 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

Optical Suppliers Association members collect their golf trophy from Debbie White

Fight for Sight and OSA summer event raises £10,000

Practitioner stories

05 Aug

Husband and wife stressed whilst looking at a ledger book at a dining table

Optical Benevolent Fund rebrands to OptomHelp with aim of increasing number of grant applications

Health and wellbeing

31 Jul 5 min read

Sunderland Specialist Eye Hospital exterior

South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust receives RNIB Visibly Better Employer Standard

Hospital optometry

30 Jul

RNIB

RNIB receives three medals at RHS Sandringham Flower Show

Patients

30 Jul

Hannah Telfer, left, Alex McIntyre MP, and Nikhil Sonpal stand around a Vision Care banner

Vision Care Mobile Vision Service hosts MP visit

Patients

30 Jul

Dr Erika Kennington smiling at the camera. She has strawberry blonde hair, grey eyes, and wears a blue jumper

Macular Society appoints new director of research

Research

22 Jul

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Practice director supports eye care initiative in Pakistan

Practitioner stories

16 Jul

RNIB trustees: Andrew McCracken, Graham Colbert, Barry Hoffman, Nigel Fletcher and Zayna Ali

RNIB appoints five trustees to board

Patients

14 Jul

A man in a wheelchair uses a calculator and laptop while seated at a desk

RNIB responds to review that finds PIP payments are “not fit for purpose”

Patients

13 Jul

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An older man stands looking out a window

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

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

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07 Aug

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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

13 Aug

A mother embraces her daughter, who is wearing a graduation gown and cap

In focus

A century of optometry at Aston University

Practitioner stories

07 Aug 10 min read

An optometrist performs a sight test for a patient

National Eye Health Week 2026 themes revealed

On the High Street

27 Aug

An older man instills eye drops in his eye

Glaucoma Awareness Week 2026: “We only have one pair of eyes, so we need to look after them”

Patients

06 Jul 6 min read

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Practice director supports eye care initiative in Pakistan

Practitioner stories

16 Jul

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

Illustration of a cartoon style human eye spy on a blue background.

NEHW 2026: enhanced services in primary eye care

On the High Street

23 Sep 8 min read

Kevin Thompson

Obituary: Kevin Thompson

AOP

03 Sep

A contact lens pack branded as CooperVision MyDay Energys

CooperVision introduces MyDay Energys

Products

21 Sep

A practitioner sits with a member of the public in an optometry practice, they are chatting and looking at frames

The complimentary partnership of practices and local charities

On the High Street

21 Sep 11 min read