Communication

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Five steps to dealing with… a declined test

The AOP’s Farah Topia shares her five steps for practitioners to follow if a patient declines a test

AOP

3 days ago 5 min read

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Seven neighbourhood health insights from NHS Confed Expo 2026

NHS and health

18 Jun 11 min read

Seven tips to enhance your social brand

Business and practice management

16 Jun

Four people sit in a row on stage, lit by a blue background

Glaucoma care highlighted as an example of how NHS Online will benefit patients and practitioners

NHS and health

16 Jun 5 min read 1

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

Speakers sit on a panel in front of a blue screen at NHS Confed Expo

“Fighting the good fight” to influence system change for optometry

NHS and health

12 Jun 6 min read

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OT asks...

What is your top tip for dealing with challenges or stressful situations at work?

On the High Street

11 Jun 5 min read

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Locum lessons

Where to go for help when practices don’t pay

Locuming

05 Jun 4 mins

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Locum digest

Protecting your mental health as a locum optometrist

Health and wellbeing

23 May 6 min read

Illustration of two hands, one showing a thumbs up, and one showing a thumbs down

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

AOP

23 May

Outdoor time added to BHVI myopia calculator

Products

21 May

Naheem wears a crisp white shirt and a green suit jacket, and spectacles with a bold black rim

Obituary: Naheem Abbas

Practitioner stories

13 May

100% Optical

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Building the wellbeing of the whole practice team

Health and wellbeing

28 Apr

100% Optical

Peter wearing a backpack taking a selfie on a hiking trail surrounded by green hills under a partly cloudy sky.

Peter Greedy on the value of emotional intelligence in optometry practice

Health and wellbeing

28 Apr

100% Optical

Pretty Basra wears a yellow-green dress and stands on stage at 100% Optical

How to nurture your mental fitness as an optical practitioner

Health and wellbeing

28 Apr

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Early career digest

Keeping them comfortable

Career development

27 Apr

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OT asks...

What is the most important non-clinical skill in optometry practice?

On the High Street

23 Apr

Portcullis house, Houses of Parliament and Big Ben , with the London Eye in the background, on a sunny day

Invite your MP to parliamentary drop in, AOP urges

AOP

13 Apr

IP optometrist and The Optical People director, Jaclyn Pugh, pushes a tyre in exercise clothes

The cover story

Lifting the weight

Health and wellbeing

10 Apr 14 min read

Rizwana poses in a colourful practice with pastel balloons on the wall. She wears a light blue blazer and navy cat’s eye style frames, with gems in the upturned corners, and pink temples

Dream team

A peek inside... Sutcliffes Opticians and Audiologists

Practice team

02 Apr

A child uses a tablet while sitting on the sofa

AOP welcomes new screen time guidance for young children

Government and regulation

02 Apr

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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

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A conversation about...

Mutual learning through IP mentorship

Career development

31 Mar 8 min read

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How I got here

Pivoting to industry as a community optometrist

Career development

30 Mar 6 min read 6 mins

A lady sitting listening to her optometrist

Practice team digest

Having better conversations about presbyopia in practice

Practice team

30 Mar 5 min read

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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

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A child uses a tablet while sitting on the sofa

AOP welcomes new screen time guidance for young children

Government and regulation

02 Apr

Five women stand together in the bay window of an optometry practice. Obe wears a bright pink woolen dress, beside her is a colleague in brown silk skirt, brown sweater vest as a long-sleeve blouse, in the center is Fiona Bromfield with a yellow bell-sleeve top, on the right is a woman in a long checkered light brown skirt, and on the far right is a woman in a navy dress with polo collar

Practice team digest

Training the team with new equipment

Practice team

29 Mar 5 min read

Cartoon woman meditates against a peach background

Locum digest

Protecting your mental health as a locum optometrist

Health and wellbeing

23 May 6 min read

Naheem wears a crisp white shirt and a green suit jacket, and spectacles with a bold black rim

Obituary: Naheem Abbas

Practitioner stories

13 May

Rizwana poses in a colourful practice with pastel balloons on the wall. She wears a light blue blazer and navy cat’s eye style frames, with gems in the upturned corners, and pink temples

Dream team

A peek inside... Sutcliffes Opticians and Audiologists

Practice team

02 Apr

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