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

In focus

CLiP: from application to qualification

OT unpacks what optometrists in training should know at every stage of their CLiP journey

Students and pre-regs

02 Oct 10 min read

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A conversation about...

Managing a flexible optometry career

Career development

02 Oct 13 min read

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Locum lessons

Protecting your finances against cancelled clinics

Locuming

02 Oct 3 mins

A professional woman holding a laptop stands outside a building

Employer perspectives on flexible working

Business and practice management

01 Oct 5 min read

Cartoon optometrist with red hair does an eye test on a cartoon old man

Locum digest

Day one as a locum optometrist: “The main thing is to try and be part of the team”

Locuming

23 Aug

Cottages on Henrietta Street in the village of Avoch, on The Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. The village is quiet and well-kept by its residents, with many sea front cottages painted in colourful shades

Locum digest

An insight into locuming in rural locations

Locuming

22 Aug 9 min read

Cartoon of a clinical team checking eyesight on a giant laptop on a yellow background

Locum lessons

Finding an IP hospital placement

Locuming

07 Aug 5 min read 5 mins

Financial bill with past due sign, pen, glasses, calculator, credit card and a wallet on the table

Locum lessons

Where to go for help when practices don’t pay

Locuming

05 Jun 4 mins

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On the ground at the AOP

An AOP explainer on... changes in employment law

AOP

05 Jun 4 mins

Rows of colourful silhouettes giving the impression of anonymity and shared experiences

On the ground at the AOP

An AOP explainer on... changes in employment law

AOP

05 Jun

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

Optometrist and Optometry Scotland vice chair, Richard Spruce

Richard Spruce on maintaining balance as an optometrist

Health and wellbeing

09 Apr

100% Optical

Barrister Eleanor Curzon

The role of remediation in fitness to practise proceedings

Government and regulation

13 Mar

Ramadan lights above the street in Piccadilly, London

“Ramadan is my ideal reset button”

Practitioner stories

18 Feb 6 min read

Valarie Jerome and Lou Furby

World Menopause Day 2025: “I didn’t know what was happening to me”

Health and wellbeing

14 Oct 2025

A man performs yoga in a living room

10 ways optometrists are managing work-related stress

Research

14 Oct 2025

Hospital medical switchboard operator in blue scrubs

Workforce identified as biggest barrier to success of 10-Year Health Plan during Labour conference

NHS and health

08 Oct 2025 6 min read 1

Keran Fordham

“If you’re curious about stepping into a role in professional affairs, my advice is: go for it”

Practitioner stories

04 Oct 2025 7 min read

Kim Whittet, practice buddy at Hakim Group

In focus

Navigating menopause in the workplace

Health and wellbeing

03 Oct 2025 9 min read

A collage style image of paperchain people. One is being rained on by a purple thundercloud, but another holds open a rainbow umbrella. The background is a collection of watercolour squares, speckles, and strokes of paint

Optical Benevolent Fund: changes, support, and increasing awareness

Health and wellbeing

10 Sep 2025

Carina Hummel

25 years at Specsavers: from trainee dispensing optician to managing director of optics

Career development

08 Sep 2025 10 min read

An professional woman leans her back against a window while sighing

GOC research explores experiences of bullying and discrimination

Research

04 Sep 2025 2

Rebecca has blonde hair and a black top and stands inside a practice

20 years at Leightons: “You learn a lot when things don’t go according to plan”

Career development

13 Aug 2025 10 min read 1

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OT asks...

How do you balance work with the other things that are important in your life?

Health and wellbeing

06 Aug 2025

Dr Pretty Basra and Emily Irving

The cover story

Step on up

Practitioner stories

01 Aug 2025 11 min read

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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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Cartoon of a clinical team checking eyesight on a giant laptop on a yellow background

Locum lessons

Finding an IP hospital placement

Locuming

07 Aug 5 min read 5 mins

Cottages on Henrietta Street in the village of Avoch, on The Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland. The village is quiet and well-kept by its residents, with many sea front cottages painted in colourful shades

Locum digest

An insight into locuming in rural locations

Locuming

22 Aug 9 min read

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

Cartoon optometrist with red hair does an eye test on a cartoon old man

Locum digest

Day one as a locum optometrist: “The main thing is to try and be part of the team”

Locuming

23 Aug

Chosen for you

A map if the United Kingdom under a magnifying glass

Eye care everywhere

Assessing urgent eye conditions in Greater Manchester

On the High Street

01 Oct 8 min read

OT October/November 2026 edition pages

October/November 2026

The Flexibility matters edition

02 Oct

The store front of Boots inside of a shopping centre

Boots in £6.5 billion acquisition deal

On the High Street

08 Oct

James Brawn

From optometry to medicine and back

Practitioner stories

06 Oct