Feature

Keval Sejpar holding Eye-light smiling at the camera

I could not live without…

Eye-Light

Optometrist and owner of McAusland Optometrists, Keval Sejar, tells OT how Essilor Instrument’s Eye-light has changed how the practice treats patients with dry eye

Products

09 Sep 4 mins

Malvi providing a sight test to child, Ellie

Opinion

Malvi Patel: “No two days are the same, and no two children are the same”

Practitioner stories

07 Sep 5 min read 5 mins

A map if the United Kingdom under a magnifying glass

Eye care everywhere

Assessing urgent eye conditions in Staffordshire

On the High Street

27 Aug 16 min read 1

Illustration of multiple speech marks

Locum digest

Five steps to talking to patients about presbyopia

Locuming

24 Aug 6 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

Illustration of a speech bubble

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

AOP

22 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

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

Hands showing a phone recording audio

The workshop

How can cyber insurance cover optometry practices when using AI apps and software?

Business and practice management

19 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

Opening an independent optometry practice from scratch

Business and practice management

18 Aug 6 min read

This illustration features a businessman with raised arms standing in front of a large yellow star, symbolizing employee recognition and professional achievement. It captures the essence of business success, motivational leadership, and celebrating employee excellence

OT asks...

What is the proudest moment of your career so far?

On the High Street

13 Aug 5 min read

John Davidson, optometrist and owner of Querido & Davidson

Behind the cover story

Behind the scenes of our Eye care success stories edition

On the High Street

07 Aug

Caroline Mosses

The cover story

In the spotlight

On the High Street

07 Aug 11 min read

Sarah Gibson sat in a forest surrounded by greenery

A day in the life of a business owner

Running an award-winning, sustainable optometry practice in Somerset

Business and practice management

07 Aug 5 min read 6 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

Professional head-and-shoulders portrait of a smiling woman with shoulder-length brown hair and fringe, wearing black rectangular glasses. She faces the camera whilst sitting at a table

Dispensing diaries

Sarah White: “The patient experience is everything”

Business and practice management

07 Aug 6 min read

Teenage girl sits in a car, looking into her phone to check her contact lens in her irritated eye

IP and me

Irritation and foreign body sensation in a contact lens patient

Patients

07 Aug

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

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

Katie Smith smiles in a hospital optometry clinic room

You had me at hospital

Bee stings and retinopathy of prematurity: working in the paediatric eye clinic

Hospital optometry

07 Aug 6 min read

Decoding domiciliary

Jas Bahra: “You have the opportunity to really change their lives”

Domiciliary

07 Aug 6 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

Vera is photographed in black and white wearing a tailored black suit jacket, angular sunglasses, and a pale cowboy hat. One hand is on her waist and the other holds a paisley handbag. Behind her is a carousel, lit up against the night sky, as well as a sparkling cityscape

Latest launches

Dry eye developments

Products

07 Aug

An infant boy looks shyly at the camera. He wears pale green glasses that sit snugly around his face

What’s happening in...

The perfect fit

Products

07 Aug 5 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

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 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

Most popular across Feature

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 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

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

Optician with man sitting in testing room consulting about vision

Five steps to dealing with… a declined test

AOP

20 Jun 5 min read

Chosen for you

Kevin Thompson

Obituary: Kevin Thompson

AOP

03 Sep

GOC reception area

GOC publishes the results of its 2026 registrant workforce and perceptions survey

Government and regulation

03 Sep 2

A boy is dressed as Lord Krishna for Janmashtami celebrations

Janmashtami 2026: “One of the most meaningful days in our family calendar”

Practitioner stories

03 Sep 11 min read 1 1

A woman wearing spectacles in a home environment – the lenses have minimal reflections

Essilor introduces new anti-reflective coating

Products

03 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