Charity

Five participants wearing matching yellow event T-shirts and blue finisher medals smile for a group photo beneath a "FINISH" banner at the Moorfields Eye Charity event. One participant has an arm around another's shoulders, while others wear headphones or glasses. Trees, event flags and spectators are visible in the background, creating a celebratory finish-line atmosphere

Sight loss community raises £91,000 in Moorfields Eye Charity fundraising walk

Around 600 participants joined the annual Eye to Eye walk in London on Sunday 28 June

Hospital optometry

07 Jul

Five participants pose for a selfie before the LOROS Twilight Walk: Glitter and Glow event, smiling in matching navy event T-shirts with glow necklaces and glitter makeup. One person wears a bright rainbow wig and colourful face gems, while others accessorise with sequinned skirts, neon headbands and waist bags. The group stands outdoors in front of a large red-brick building decorated with bunting

Independent practice team raises over £1000 for Leicester hospice

On the High Street

07 Jul

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

A group of campaigners wearing World Sight Day t-shirts

World Sight Day campaign 2026 launched

Patients

01 Jul

Six Newmedica employers stand side on outside wearing sim specs

Running in sight loss simulation spectacles for charity

Practitioner stories

01 Jul

Vijay wears a Moorfields Eye Charity vest over an orange cycling jersey and a yellow helmet. He stands behind his bike, which is fitted with yellow reflectors. The background is an open grassy park

Cycling London to Paris for charity

Practitioner stories

29 Jun

Vision Care Mobile Vision Service van

Vision Care celebrates reaching 150 patients through its Mobile Vision Service

Patients

25 Jun

A full shot of a young woman with dual sensory loss, walking away from a kitchen holding a glass of water in a clean, bright kitchen. She is holding her red and white cane, providing essential mobility, safety, and independence

Government funding for specialist interpreter support welcomed by Deafblind UK

Government and regulation

25 Jun

Marsha de Cordova speaks at a parliamentary event celebrating a new RNIB training programme to provide emotional support at the point of diagnosis

New RNIB training launched at parliament

Patients

18 Jun

Richard Osman and Keith Valentine pose with signs for Vis-Ability and Change sight change lives messages in front of FIght for Sight banners

Vis-Ability 2026 explores technology, employment and healthcare

Patients

16 Jun

SeeAbility's Guinness World Records title mural is created by Tower Bridge on a cloudy day

SeeAbilty breaks Guiness World Record to highlight children with SEND missing out on eye care

Practitioner stories

04 Jun

Benji sits to the left observing medical students practising an eye test. Three students are gathered around the slit lamp with a volunteer patient

Volunteers’ Week: “I think there are many ways we can use our skills to volunteer”

Practitioner stories

02 Jun 7 min read

Professor Cecilia Fenerty

Professor Cecilia Fenerty appointed chair of trustees for Glaucoma UK

Practitioner stories

01 Jun

Visually impaired businesswoman using smartphone and earphones during business meeting

Recruitment drive to tackle Access to Work backlog announced by Government

Government and regulation

28 May

Seven people stand together outside of a building with a large watercolour style world map painted on the side. The team are wearing t-shirts branded with Hoya, London Squint Clinic, Rawlings Opticians & Hearing Care, and Eyespace

Eyespace supports Guatemala outreach mission

Practitioner stories

22 May

Young girl with glasses smiling in a classroom setting

SEND reform gaps and digital inaccessibility in transport highlighted by RNIB after King’s Speech

Government and regulation

18 May

A large group gather around a car parked in front of a Haine & Smith practice. The group are dressed in walking and hiking clothes and hold the Ukraine flag. The car has stickers marking it as a humanitarian vehicle, and a man in the centre holds up a paper stating that this is Car 22

Practice walking challenge raises nearly £2K for Ukraine

Practitioner stories

18 May

White stick with male shoes in the background

Blind and partially sighted people still facing “structural barriers and persistent misconceptions,” APPG says

Government and regulation

13 May

Victoria Smurfit and RNIB staff outside the charity’s headquarters on a sunny day

RNIB announces actor Victoria Smurfit as new president

Patients

13 May

An optometrist in dark blue scrubs peers through a viewfinder lens on an optical device. A child is sitting on his mother’s lap on the other side, with his chin on the rest and a light shining in his eye

Optometrists top urgent referrals for retinoblastoma, CHECT finds

On the High Street

13 May

The image focuses on two hands, holding and selecting items on a smart phone. The person, who is not visible in the image, is lying down on a sofa

Glaucoma UK Helpline receives accreditation

Patients

13 May

Close-up of a laboratory procedure being performed under a microscope, with a researcher wearing blue gloves using tweezers and fine tools to handle a sample in a petri dish on a brightly lit workstation

Moorfields Eye Charity expands support for PhDs

Research

11 May

Two people entering a polling station to vote

Blind journalist unable to vote independently in local elections

Government and regulation

08 May

Hannah Telfer, chief executive of Vision Care, Jo Osborne, corporate social responsibility lead at Specsavers, and Megan Holmes, education and engagement manager at Vision Care

Specsavers and Vision Care homelessness partnership nominated for charity award

Practice team

07 May

SightCare Live platforms Childhood Eye Cancer Trust

Patients

07 May

Woman in red sari sewing

Global vision correction in garment workers would boost sector by $27 billion a year

Patients

06 May 1

Professor Pouya Alaghband and Peter Holton of Glaucoma UK

Glaucoma UK Excellence in Glaucoma Care Award 2026 winners announced

Hospital optometry

24 Apr

The team who volunteered in Uganda posing for a photograph

Opinion

Robina Sharif: “It reminded me that, at its heart, optometry isn’t about technology, it’s about people”

Practitioner stories

22 Apr

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A spectacle lens balances on its edge, in the shadow is a ring of dots. The background of the image is orange and white

Hoya releases clinical trial data for Miyosmart iQ

Products

07 May 5 min read

Harper poses outside of a hospital

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

GOC reception area

Sector responses to GOC CPD reform proposals

Government and regulation

23 Apr 1

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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

Clarke and Alistair stand with an arm around each other near the finish of Brighton Marathon. Clarke wears blue and yellow running attire, branded Fight for Sight, and holds a medal between them. Alistair wears a neon pink Richard Whitehead Foundation running top

Blind artist achieved world-first marathon using smart eyewear

Patients

16 Apr

Josie wears athletic attire and a Macmillan fundraising running top. She is photographed in a sunny location, with a landscape stretching out behind her

On your marks: running the London Marathon

Health and wellbeing

21 Apr 5 min read

Marsha de Cordova speaks at a parliamentary event celebrating a new RNIB training programme to provide emotional support at the point of diagnosis

New RNIB training launched at parliament

Patients

18 Jun

The team who volunteered in Uganda posing for a photograph

Opinion

Robina Sharif: “It reminded me that, at its heart, optometry isn’t about technology, it’s about people”

Practitioner stories

22 Apr

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Harper poses outside of a hospital

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

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Vaping linked to increased risk of vision-threatening disease

Research

01 Jul

In a clinical room, Becci points at a screen displaying a meibomian gland assessment for dry eye, training a colleague who looks on with interest

Practice team digest

A role for everyone in dry eye

Practice team

27 Jun 10 min read 1

Optician with man sitting in testing room consulting about vision

Five steps to dealing with… a declined test

AOP

20 Jun 5 min read

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