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Optical Benevolent Fund rebrands to OptomHelp with aim of increasing number of grant applications

The fund wants to reduce barriers to application and support more optometrists going forward

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Optometrists invited to complete workplace wellbeing survey

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21 Jul

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Locum digest

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23 May 6 min read

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15 May 4 mins

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Swimming, mentorship, walking, and slowing down: actions for wellbeing

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Building the wellbeing of the whole practice team

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28 Apr

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Peter Greedy on the value of emotional intelligence in optometry practice

Health and wellbeing

28 Apr

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How to nurture your mental fitness as an optical practitioner

Health and wellbeing

28 Apr

Sheena Tanna-Shah and Piyus Tanna

Wellbeing Day returns with a focus on community and self-care

Health and wellbeing

23 Apr 5 min read 1

Josie wears athletic attire and a Macmillan fundraising running top. She is photographed in a sunny location, with a landscape stretching out behind her

On your marks: running the London Marathon

Health and wellbeing

21 Apr 5 min read

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Small change: big impact

Health and wellbeing

13 Apr 6 min read

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

Richard Spruce, IP optometrist and Optometry Scotland vice chair

Behind the cover story

Behind the scenes of The Core values edition

Health and wellbeing

10 Apr

Optometrist and Optometry Scotland vice chair, Richard Spruce

Richard Spruce on maintaining balance as an optometrist

Health and wellbeing

09 Apr

100% Optical

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Practical strategies for wellbeing

Health and wellbeing

08 Apr

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Unravelling the relationship between vision and sleep

Health and wellbeing

12 Mar

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Professor Bruce Evans on how to handle “the dreaded solicitor’s letter”

Health and wellbeing

11 Mar

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My vision

Finding new creative feet after a diagnosis of severe sight impairment

Health and wellbeing

24 Jan 6 min read 6 mins

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New network to tackle isolation among optometrists

Health and wellbeing

16 Jan

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Education at 100% Optical: Practitioner wellbeing and personal development

Health and wellbeing

23 Dec 2025

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Practice team digest

Practice team wellbeing in winter

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14 Dec 2025

Dr Saia Ma’u Piukala, WHO regional director for the western Pacific, presents a plaque to celebrate the elimination of trachoma from Fiji

Fiji commended by World Health Organization for eliminating trachoma

Health and wellbeing

04 Nov 2025

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

Health and wellbeing

14 Oct 2025

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Collective established for coaches and mentors in optics

Health and wellbeing

07 Oct 2025

Kim Whittet, practice buddy at Hakim Group

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Navigating menopause in the workplace

Health and wellbeing

03 Oct 2025 9 min read

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Julia Maiden on an innovative blood pressure pilot

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03 Oct 2025 1

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Optical Benevolent Fund: changes, support, and increasing awareness

Health and wellbeing

10 Sep 2025

A woman has her blood pressure measured

4000 blood pressure checks performed in optometry practices

Health and wellbeing

28 Aug 2025

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An optometrist saved my life

“We will always be grateful that Charlotte recognised the signs when she did”

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26 Jun 5 min read 1

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OFNC advises profession against committing to “unfunded” ERS until negotiations complete

Government and regulation

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GOC launches consultation on updated sight testing statement

Government and regulation

16 Jul 1

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21 Jul

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Chosen for you

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Two new ministers join the Department of Health and Social Care

Government and regulation

23 Jul

David Hewlett (on left) and Professor Sir Nishan Canagarajah

University of Leicester officially launches optometry degree

Students and pre-regs

23 Jul 1

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Dry Eye Awareness Month: “You can genuinely transform someone’s quality of life”

Patients

23 Jul 9 min read

A professional woman is receiving an eye test from an optometrist

AOP: Four in five A&E visits for eye problems could be managed in community optometry

AOP

30 Jul 1

Catherine L’Estrange, who has Bardet Biedl Syndrome, with her brother after receiving gene therapy

11-year-old becomes first UK patient to receive novel gene therapy for rare cause of vision loss

Patients

28 Jul