Membership

Female hand posting a vote into a ballot box

Voting now open for Hospital Optometrists Committee 2026 elections

Seven candidates are standing for HOC election

AOP

10 Apr

Women in Vision UK representatives, Dr Bethany Higgins, Dr Dillys Amega, Sri Gore and Megan Vaughan

“We want to give women the skills to be leaders”

Practitioner stories

31 Dec 2025

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Opinion

“I am usually someone who just gets on with things, but I suddenly couldn’t”

Health and wellbeing

15 May 2025 4 mins

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The CEO’s view

“The S in NHS stands for 'service'”

AOP

04 Apr 2025 4 mins

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A final thought

“We are very busy area of the sector”

AOP

04 Apr 2025 5 min read 5 mins

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AOP seeks applications for its Hospital Optometrists Committee

Hospital optometry

26 Mar 2025

Paul Chapman-Hatchett

Paul Chapman-Hatchett: “It’s a fantastic opportunity to learn to grow”

AOP

14 Mar 2025

Ali Yasen

Ali Yasen: “I’ve had a brilliant time”

AOP

14 Mar 2025

Habeeb Rahman: “Lots of opportunities have opened up as a result of becoming a Councillor”

AOP

04 Mar 2025

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The workshop

Understanding cyber attacks: how to protect your optometry practice

Business and practice management

11 Feb 2025

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The CEO’s view

“I am part of a community – a family even”

AOP

07 Feb 2025 3 mins

Woman wearing spectacles standing in an opticians

Win practice insurance for a year

AOP

06 Feb 2025

A photo taken during the AOP Council meeting

GOC draft strategy a focus at AOP Council

AOP

19 Jun 2024 7 min read

The future of optometric training in focus at AOP Council

AOP

09 May 2024

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Opinion

“Good governance is vitally important. Getting it right goes unnoticed. Getting it wrong can hit the headlines”

AOP

25 Apr 2024 5 min read 5 mins

AOP gavel

Remote refraction in the spotlight at AOP Council

AOP

01 Dec 2023 5 min read 2

100% Optical

100final

First phase of CPD education at 100% Optical 2024 unveiled

AOP

26 Oct 2023

The image is a split screen screencapture of a video call between Professor Julie-Anne Little, and Emma Spofforth

“Emma will be a fantastic AOP chair”

AOP

06 Sep 2023

AOP Council: spotlight on AI

AOP

23 Jun 2023 6 min read

AOP gavel

Three insights from AOP Council

AOP

29 Nov 2022

AOPCouncilparticipants

AOP Council: “The sector is going to be transformed”

AOP

14 Jul 2022 6 min read

PSL

AOP Peer Support Line marks five-year anniversary

AOP

10 May 2022

AOP gavel

AOP Council considers the future of regulation

AOP

12 Jan 2022

AOP gavel

“This is an area that is changing constantly”

AOP

24 Jun 2021

shining torchlight

Shining a light on valued legal expertise

AOP

01 Dec 2019

Sight test equipment

AOP releases GOS audit tool

AOP

16 May 2019

Head silhouette

“Everyone feels vulnerable or worried at some point”

AOP

03 May 2019

Female shadow

“Nobody else matters, only the next caller”

AOP

26 Apr 2019

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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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April/May 2026

The Core values edition

10 Apr

GOC reception area

Sector responses to GOC CPD reform proposals

Government and regulation

23 Apr 1

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Female hand posting a vote into a ballot box

Voting now open for Hospital Optometrists Committee 2026 elections

AOP

10 Apr

Chosen for you

A close up of the view finder of a piece of optical equipment in a consulting room

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

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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