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An older man instills eye drops in his eye

Glaucoma Awareness Week 2026: “We only have one pair of eyes, so we need to look after them”

From memorable patient encounters to emerging therapies, OT talks with practitioners about opportunities and challenges in glaucoma care

Patients

06 Jul 6 min read

Giles Edmonds wearing a suit looking at the camera smiling

Specsavers calls for improved access to community glaucoma care in England

On the High Street

06 Jul

A birds eye view of delegates in a conference hall sitting for a lecture at PAC 2025

Specsavers opens bookings for PAC 2026

On the High Street

03 Jul

Cartoon man face plants onto a laptop against a blue background

OT asks...

What is your top tip for dealing with challenges or stressful situations at work?

On the High Street

11 Jun 5 min read

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

Davina Dosanjh outside of Richard Petrie Optometrists

The cover story

Business class

Business and practice management

05 Jun 12 min read

Faayza is wearing a shirt and sits at a table with a bunch of flowers

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

Financial bill with past due sign, pen, glasses, calculator, credit card and a wallet on the table

Locum lessons

Where to go for help when practices don’t pay

Locuming

05 Jun 4 mins

A young woman in an optician’s shop smiles as she reaches toward a wall display of glasses frames, while another woman stands slightly out of focus nearby, watching. Bright overhead lighting and a clean, modern interior create a welcoming retail environment

Pre-reg focus

Looking ahead to the OSCEs as a pre-reg optometrist

Students and pre-regs

05 Jun 2 mins

A woman in middle age has her chin on the rest of a slit lamp device for an eye test. On the right-hand side, the optometrist in blue scrubs is controlling the device to perform the test

OFNC survey explores unfunded NHS work

NHS and health

02 Jun 1

Specsavers staff at Chipping Norton practice opening with Gerald Cooper

Specsavers opens in Chipping Norton

On the High Street

01 Jun 1

Annabelle Stephenson standing at a desk with leaflets on

Raising awareness of a career within optics

On the High Street

20 May

Shafi Ahmed, Shazu Miah and Paul Robinson in high visibility jackets with a spade at the beginning of Kidderminster expansion Specsavers project

£7m expansion of Specsavers Vision Labs facility begins

Business and practice management

15 May 1

Deepali Poojara sitting at a desk smiling at the camera

Deepali Poojara: “You never know who’s going to come through the door”

Students and pre-regs

13 May

A geometric illustration on a deep forest green background of a triangular person in yellow. From the back of their head grow blue, red, and pink flowers. They smile and hold in their hand a pink brain with a red heart in the centre

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

Health and wellbeing

11 May 5 min read

Hannah Telfer, chief executive of Vision Care, Jo Osborne, corporate social responsibility lead at Specsavers, and Megan Holmes, education and engagement manager at Vision Care

Specsavers and Vision Care homelessness partnership nominated for charity award

Practice team

07 May

Two illustrated hands reaching toward a small globe with a yellow heart floating above on a green background.

Specsavers confirms rollout of national recycling initiative

On the High Street

30 Apr 1

A male clinician wearing scrubs and glasses laughs

Early career digest

Developing good habits as an early career optometrist

Career development

27 Apr 7 min read

A patient receives an eye test

Early career digest

Binocular vision tips for newly qualified optometrists

Career development

26 Apr 6 min read

A series of coloured heads with speech bubbles

OT asks...

What is the most important non-clinical skill in optometry practice?

On the High Street

23 Apr

Roma is stood outside wearing a black suit jacket, in front of a lake

Life as a locum

Keeping up with technology and prioritising peer support as a locum optometrist

Locuming

10 Apr 7 min read 7 mins

A gold piggy bank sits on a table

Vision Express staff to benefit from Stream Workplace Finance partnership

On the High Street

03 Apr

Amar Aslam on stage collecting his awards at the Retal Week Awards

Boots Opticians optometrist receives accolade at Retail Week Awards

Practitioner stories

02 Apr

Young female optometrist smiling as she looks through a slit lamp microscope to examine a male patient’s eyes in a softly lit clinic room, with a blurred owl picture on the wall in the background

Pre-reg focus

Adapting to technology as an optometry pre-reg

Students and pre-regs

31 Mar 4 mins

Close up of Priya on a Zeiss background

How I got here

Pivoting to industry as a community optometrist

Career development

30 Mar 6 min read 6 mins

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A spectacle lens balances on its edge, in the shadow is a ring of dots. The background of the image is orange and white

Hoya releases clinical trial data for Miyosmart iQ

Products

07 May 5 min read

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 female optometrist performs a sight test with a slit lamp for a male patient

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

Government and regulation

24 Jun 1

GOC reception area

Sector responses to GOC CPD reform proposals

Government and regulation

23 Apr 1

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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

Financial bill with past due sign, pen, glasses, calculator, credit card and a wallet on the table

Locum lessons

Where to go for help when practices don’t pay

Locuming

05 Jun 4 mins

Faayza is wearing a shirt and sits at a table with a bunch of flowers

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

Two illustrated hands reaching toward a small globe with a yellow heart floating above on a green background.

Specsavers confirms rollout of national recycling initiative

On the High Street

30 Apr 1

Chosen for you

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

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Vaping linked to increased risk of vision-threatening disease

Research

01 Jul

In a clinical room, Becci points at a screen displaying a meibomian gland assessment for dry eye, training a colleague who looks on with interest

Practice team digest

A role for everyone in dry eye

Practice team

27 Jun 10 min read 1

Optician with man sitting in testing room consulting about vision

Five steps to dealing with… a declined test

AOP

20 Jun 5 min read

A man uses a massage gun on his shoulder

Man in his 20s suffers retinal tears after using massage gun on his eyes

Research

06 Jul