Extended services

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LOCSU annual report shares 2025 highlights

The report is structured around three LOCSU priorities

NHS and health

Today

In the foreground is a piece of optical equipment. In the background, an optometrist checks the eyes of a patient

Details revealed for Wales sight test remuneration and fees

Government and regulation

14 Nov

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In focus

Seven insights from the 2025 political party conference season

Government and regulation

12 Nov 9 min read

A older woman receives a sight test

The evolution of glaucoma care at Moorfields Eye Hospital

NHS and health

11 Nov

Illustration of an hourglass

Opinion

“Policymaking is not about dealing in black and white; it is about deciding between shades of grey”

AOP

06 Nov 5 min read 5 mins

Exterior of Scottish Parliament building framed by hills on a cloudy day

Optometry Scotland launches manifesto ahead of 2026 Scottish election

NHS and health

03 Nov

A row of speakers are sat behind a desk on a podium in a room

Examples of good practice in extended services highlighted by Specsavers

NHS and health

03 Nov 9 min read

A group of four young trainee nurses including male and female nurses , walk away from camera down a hospital corridor. They are wearing UK nurse uniforms of trousers and tunics

Optometry responds to NHS England’s Medium Term Planning Framework for England

NHS and health

29 Oct 6 min read 1

Dan Varcoe, optometrist and practice director

“Patients absolutely love the service”

On the High Street

22 Oct

Two businesspeople shake hands

Wales contract negotiation sees 5% uplift for standard sight test

Government and regulation

16 Oct 1

A graphic dedicated to the Special Report series with soft red text stating ‘Evolving services’ and smaller orange text stating: ‘In clinic with hospital optometry’. A light blue roundel fades to white in the background

In clinic with hospital optometry

Evolving services, and developing further

Hospital optometry

03 Oct 10 min read

Ankur Trivedi holds his hands up to a large photographic light

Behind the cover story

Behind the scenes of our Prevention and policy edition

Practitioner stories

03 Oct

Ankur Trivedi

The cover story

The trailblazers

NHS and health

03 Oct 10 min read

Dharmesh has his hands crossed and stands in front of a wall wearing a grey suit

How I got here

“I wanted to create impact on a bigger scale”

Career development

03 Oct 10 min read 11 mins

Julia Maiden holds a blood pressure monitor

Julia Maiden on an innovative blood pressure pilot

Health and wellbeing

03 Oct 1

Ankur Trivedi smiles during a video call

A digital window into secondary care

On the High Street

02 Oct

The full AOP and Progressive Britain panel are sat behind a table with a blue tablecloth

Political leadership on the 10-Year Health Plan’s shift from hospital to community is needed, AOP chief executive says

Government and regulation

02 Oct 7 min read

Person speaking into a microphone

A spotlight on optometry at political party conferences

Government and regulation

18 Sep 5 min read 1

A businessperson makes notes on a writing pad next to a laptop sitting on a desk

Regulator round-up: commercial pressures, FTP disparities and new optometry courses

Government and regulation

18 Sep 7 min read 1

Optometrist siting on a chair with his back to the camera looking at a screen

Optometry Scotland calls for OCT to be integrated into primary eye care in Scotland

On the High Street

16 Sep 3

An awards presentation at the Specsavers Professional Advancement Conference

Six insights from PAC 2025

Career development

16 Sep 7 min read

A woman has her blood pressure measured

4000 blood pressure checks performed in optometry practices

Health and wellbeing

28 Aug

Two women look at a map of the UK on a iPad inside an optometry practice

Greater Manchester Eye Care Navigation Service launches

NHS and health

21 Aug

Young male patient in a green t-shirt chats to an optometrist in a test room

Specsavers enhanced eye care services see 1.4m patients in a year

On the High Street

11 Aug

An optometrist and patient

In focus

A light in the dark

NHS and health

01 Aug 13 min read

Dr Helen Court smiles during a video call

Examining optometry workforce trends in Scotland

NHS and health

31 Jul

People walk through a shopping centre

Retail therapy: tackling waiting lists with a pop-up eye clinic

Research

22 Jul

Delegates at the 2025 National Optical Conference

LOCSU launches 2025–2028 strategic plan

NHS and health

14 Jul

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Most popular across OT

Sam Baird, Paula Beattie, Robbie Butler, Andy Allen

Northern Ireland to reinstate automatic access to free sight tests for most Universal Credit recipients

Government and regulation

22 Sep

A woman instills an eye drop in the eye of a boy

MHRA approves low-dose atropine eye drops for slowing myopia progression

Government and regulation

13 Nov

Red eye, front view

Consultation into extending medicine responsibilities for optometrists launched by DHSC

Government and regulation

04 Sep 1

Carina Hummel

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

Career development

08 Sep 10 min read

An Optegra hospital

EssilorLuxottica completes Optegra acquisition

On the High Street

02 Oct

Most popular across Extended services

A businessperson makes notes on a writing pad next to a laptop sitting on a desk

Regulator round-up: commercial pressures, FTP disparities and new optometry courses

Government and regulation

18 Sep 7 min read 1

A woman has her blood pressure measured

4000 blood pressure checks performed in optometry practices

Health and wellbeing

28 Aug

Optometrist siting on a chair with his back to the camera looking at a screen

Optometry Scotland calls for OCT to be integrated into primary eye care in Scotland

On the High Street

16 Sep 3

Ankur Trivedi

The cover story

The trailblazers

NHS and health

03 Oct 10 min read

Two businesspeople shake hands

Wales contract negotiation sees 5% uplift for standard sight test

Government and regulation

16 Oct 1

Chosen for you

A woman instills an eye drop in the eye of a boy

MHRA approves low-dose atropine eye drops for slowing myopia progression

Government and regulation

13 Nov

A toddler smiles while playing with coloured blocks that slide along a wire

An improved vision test for toddlers

Research

05 Nov

100% Optical

Two people look through a table of frames at an exhibition stand

Exhibitor list released for 100% Optical 2026

Products

03 Nov

MP Shockat Adam sits down whilst having a eye examination at a Vision Care clinic

Optometrist turned MP visits Vision Care clinic on World Homeless Day

Patients

06 Nov