Independent prescribers

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Scope Eyecare opens IP bursary 2026

The bursary award scheme has returned for its fifth year

Career development

21 Apr

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A conversation about...

Mutual learning through IP mentorship

Career development

31 Mar 8 min read

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Five insights from the General Optical Council

Government and regulation

19 Mar 5 min read

100% Optical

Professor Nicola Logan speaks at 100% Optical

Professor Nicola Logan provides an update on atropine

NHS and health

13 Mar

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Locum digest

Locuming and hospital optometry demystified

Locuming

21 Feb 8 min read

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IP and me

Soreness and photophobia after a conker strike

Patients

05 Dec 2025

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Details revealed for Wales sight test remuneration and fees

Government and regulation

14 Nov 2025

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IP and me

Itching and discomfort in a contact lens patient

Patients

03 Oct 2025

Ankur Trivedi

The cover story

The trailblazers

NHS and health

03 Oct 2025 10 min read

I could not live without…

My IP qualification

Career development

03 Oct 2025 6 min read 1 6 mins

An awards presentation at the Specsavers Professional Advancement Conference

Six insights from PAC 2025

Career development

16 Sep 2025 7 min read

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Opinion

“It has ultimately brought about a real shift in government thinking”

AOP

04 Sep 2025 5 min read 4 mins

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IP and me

Visual hallucinations in an elderly patient

Patients

01 Aug 2025

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Examining optometry workforce trends in Scotland

NHS and health

31 Jul 2025

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Winners of SCOPE’s Independent Prescriber Bursary Award announced

Career development

21 Jul 2025

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Making a difference in glaucoma

“Optometrists are critical to supporting glaucoma care in both primary and secondary care”

Patients

01 Jul 2025 5 min read

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A conversation about...

Using IP to future-proof your optometry practice

Business and practice management

06 Jun 2025 10 min read

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IP and me

Blurred vision in a nine-year-old patient

Patients

05 Jun 2025 5 min read

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An overview of optometry in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland

Government and regulation

23 May 2025 7 min read 2

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IP and me

Irritable eyes after cataract surgery

Patients

04 Apr 2025 6 min read 1

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I could not live without…

The Dedicated Patient Support team

Practitioner stories

04 Apr 2025 2 mins

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Northern Ireland independent prescribing pilot delivers care close to home

NHS and health

20 Feb 2025 2

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In focus

Domiciliary urgent eye care in Wales

Domiciliary

07 Feb 2025 7 min read

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A statistical snapshot of optometry in Scotland

NHS and health

31 Jan 2025

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AOP supports call for care closer to home

AOP

29 Jan 2025

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OT asks...

If you could have one thing in practice fully funded, what would that be?

Practitioner stories

23 Dec 2024

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A conversation about...

Myopia management funding

Practitioner stories

20 Dec 2024 11 min read

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IP and me

Differential diagnoses in a daily disposable contact lens wearer

Career development

18 Dec 2024 5 min read

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Hoya releases clinical trial data for Miyosmart iQ

Products

07 May 5 min read

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How I got here

Nick Rumney’s limitless ambition for optometry

Career development

29 Mar 18 min read 22 mins

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The Core values edition

10 Apr

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Sector responses to GOC CPD reform proposals

Government and regulation

23 Apr 1

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Scope Eyecare opens IP bursary 2026

Career development

21 Apr

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A conversation about...

Mutual learning through IP mentorship

Career development

31 Mar 8 min read

Chosen for you

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Frustration over plans for digitising referrals without “fully costed plan for a national roll-out”

AOP

09 Jun 3

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How I got here

“I know how frustrating it can be when you don’t feel heard”

Career development

05 Jun 8 min read 8 mins

Davina Dosanjh outside of Richard Petrie Optometrists

The cover story

Business class

Business and practice management

05 Jun 12 min read

Speakers at the Optometry Tomorrow panel discussion Optometry 2049: AI and the Future of Vision Care

How AI is changing eye care

NHS and health

16 Jun