Education

Panel at Thomas Pocklington Trust Labour Party fringe event

Equipping visually impaired young people for the future

The importance of specialist support for visually impaired children and young people in education were emphasised by the Thomas Pocklington Trust at the Labour Party Conference

Government and regulation

Today 11 min read

Exterior of De Montfort University’s Hawthorn Building, home to the university’s Health and Life Sciences faculty

De Montfort’s new optometry degree: increasing eye care accessibility in diverse communities in the East Midlands

Students and pre-regs

29 Oct 10 min read 3

A woman wearing a light-coloured headscarf presents an article titled “Keratoconus: a common cause of litigation against optometrists” to an audience at a professional meeting. Attendees sit facing the screen, with a green “It’s time for big ideas” banner beside it

Clinical and regulatory scenarios and hospital referrals considered at locum clinical skills conference

Locuming

28 Oct 13 min read

Delegates to a recent Optometry Wellbeing Day at the Parklands Hotel in Glasgow

Painting, yoga and CPD: Optometry Wellbeing Day comes to Glasgow

Health and wellbeing

20 Oct

Risha Patel speaking at 100% Optical

A peek into working in industry

Career development

15 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

An open office door reveals a quiet desk space with a laptop half open

Learnings for the whole practice team

AOP

08 Oct

A large group of people pose for a photograph inside a modern venue, with three people standing at the front and others seated behind them on tiered steps. Lighting equipment and cameras surround the group, while a screen in the foreground displays “Welcome to The Vision Centre”

Six new product innovations announced at opening of CooperVision’s new global headquarters

Products

06 Oct 6 min read

Identifying red flag symptoms

Patients

05 Oct 8 min read

Selfie of Narthika Sivaloganathan, who has long black hair

Classroom to qualification

Completing the first CLiP assessments as a trainee optometrist

Students and pre-regs

02 Oct 3 mins

Optometry teacher teaching students how to perform an eye exam using an eye test equipment

In focus

CLiP: from application to qualification

Students and pre-regs

02 Oct 10 min read

Amandeep Tatra in practice

How I got here

Amandeep Tatra: “I am always looking to try and improve as a clinician”

Career development

02 Oct 5 min read 5 mins

A large presentation screen of a green powerpoint slide announcing the title of the session on the importance of interactions

Communication lessons in practice

On the High Street

22 Sep

Paul Morris on stage begins a session on informed choice

Principles for supporting informed choice

Patients

22 Sep

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

Giles Edmonds stands at a lectern on a large stage. Behind him is a welcome presentation for PAC 2026

Looking to the future at PAC 2026

Career development

16 Sep

A woman is seated at a round table working on a laptop, she has a maroon headscarf and is surrounded by tools to make notes

AI Day 2026: Responsible AI use in eye care

AOP

16 Sep

People are seated at circle tables watching a presentation

Sold-out success for Huddersfield optical conference

Career development

15 Sep

100% Optical

A view of the Main Stage of 100% Optical from the crowd

Registration opens for 100% Optical 2027

AOP

10 Sep

An illustration of a man in a suit and tie firing arrows at a target placed on a tree

Dr Anish Jindal: “If you want something, don’t give up”

Practitioner stories

01 Sep 5 min read

Crowd at Specsavers PAC 2026

Specsavers to celebrate 100 years of the dispensing profession at PAC

On the High Street

27 Aug

A young woman lifts a pair of spectacles from the display

Specsavers programme receives Princess Royal Training Award recognition

Practice team

27 Aug

A woman takes notes from several textbooks open in front of her

College of Optometrists updates glaucoma higher qualifications

Career development

20 Aug

The Teach and Treat team at Cardiff University

Professor Barbara Ryan: “The journey of upskilling optometrists and community practices is not over”

Career development

18 Aug 7 min read

Sonia sits in a clinic with a piece of optical equipment

How I got here

Sonia Jethwa: “I don’t believe in having competition in optometry”

Career development

07 Aug 7 min read 2 8 mins

Cartoon woman looks inside a giant eye on a yellow background

A conversation about...

Closing the gap between the classroom and the clinic

Career development

07 Aug 10 min read

Head and shoulders images of three pre-reg contributors smiling on a pink background

Pre-reg focus

Preparing for the next stage: reflections from a year of pre-reg practice

Students and pre-regs

07 Aug 9 min read

100% Optical

Three women pose together in sunglasses for a selfie at 100% Optical

Practice teams on the road

Practice team

07 Aug

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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

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

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Exterior of De Montfort University’s Hawthorn Building, home to the university’s Health and Life Sciences faculty

De Montfort’s new optometry degree: increasing eye care accessibility in diverse communities in the East Midlands

Students and pre-regs

29 Oct 10 min read 3

Professor Shehzad Naroo with an ophthalmoscope

A personal history of Aston University optometry department in 12 objects

Students and pre-regs

06 Aug 9 min read

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

Sonia sits in a clinic with a piece of optical equipment

How I got here

Sonia Jethwa: “I don’t believe in having competition in optometry”

Career development

07 Aug 7 min read 2 8 mins

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

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

Exterior of De Montfort University’s Hawthorn Building, home to the university’s Health and Life Sciences faculty

De Montfort’s new optometry degree: increasing eye care accessibility in diverse communities in the East Midlands

Students and pre-regs

29 Oct 10 min read 3

Prime Minister Andy Burnham Budget meeting with John Healey, Chancellor of the Exchequer in 10 Downing Street

Increases to small business rate relief and national minimum wage announced in Budget

Government and regulation

29 Oct

Two co-workers engaged in a business review, examining documents on a laptop screen in a professional setting

GOC testing of sight proposals raise “fundamental concerns,” AOP says

AOP

29 Oct 1

Omega-3 supplements and foods rich in omega-3, including salmon, spinach and broccoli

The effect of omega-3 supplementation on the risk of glaucoma among patients with dry eye

Research

27 Oct