NHS and health

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LOCSU annual report shares 2025 highlights

The report is structured around three LOCSU priorities

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Northern Ireland to achieve parity for Universal Credit recipients from December

NHS and health

13 Nov

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How Bristol Eye Hospital has improved wet AMD referrals

NHS and health

11 Nov

A older woman receives a sight test

The evolution of glaucoma care at Moorfields Eye Hospital

NHS and health

11 Nov

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“The results came totally out of the blue”

NHS and health

05 Nov

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Optometry Scotland launches manifesto ahead of 2026 Scottish election

NHS and health

03 Nov

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Examples of good practice in extended services highlighted by Specsavers

NHS and health

03 Nov 9 min read

Luke Charters MP with the Optegra team

MPs visit Optegra facilities

NHS and health

31 Oct

A group of four young trainee nurses including male and female nurses , walk away from camera down a hospital corridor. They are wearing UK nurse uniforms of trousers and tunics

Optometry responds to NHS England’s Medium Term Planning Framework for England

NHS and health

29 Oct 6 min read 1

The Doncaster Central SpaMedica team with MP Sally Jameson

Sally Jameson MP visits SpaMedica Doncaster Central

NHS and health

29 Oct

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PAC 2025: the big questions in optics

NHS and health

14 Oct

Ophthalmologist in blue scrubs performs cataract surgery on a patient who is laying down

Programme to support eye care shift from hospital to community to begin in November

NHS and health

14 Oct

Hospital medical switchboard operator in blue scrubs

Workforce identified as biggest barrier to success of 10-Year Health Plan during Labour conference

NHS and health

08 Oct 6 min read 1

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NHS and health

03 Oct 10 min read

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Improving primary and secondary care relationships

NHS and health

03 Oct 11 min read

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Keir Starmer announces first ‘digital NHS trust’ in Labour Party Conference speech

NHS and health

30 Sep

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How universities can act as a lynchpin for community health outlined at Labour Conference

NHS and health

29 Sep

Georgia Scanlan, Lynda Daddario and Nicki Heritage from RNIB ECLO Services

RNIB celebrates launch of ECLO service across Hertfordshire and West Essex

NHS and health

24 Sep 6 min read

Optometrist gives elderly couple the results of an eye exam on an iPad

OFNC and College of Optometrists commit to helping NHS in delivering 10-Year Health Plan

NHS and health

22 Sep

An older woman with a dog on her lap sits laughing with her daughter

NICE guidance recommends people with dementia have regular sight tests

NHS and health

04 Sep

Two women look at a map of the UK on a iPad inside an optometry practice

Greater Manchester Eye Care Navigation Service launches

NHS and health

21 Aug

A team of scientists work in front of screens displaying the DNA double helix

NICE approves idebenone for treatment of Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy

NHS and health

14 Aug

Zoe Franklin, MP for Guildford, stands in an optometry practice. She wears a white blazer over a shirt and a bright red beaded necklace. Zoe wears glasses and has a blonde bob

Guildford practice hosts MP visit

NHS and health

06 Aug

Shahina Pardhan receives an award from Wes Streeting at the Muslim News awards

Professor Shahina Pardhan receives Muslim News accolade

NHS and health

04 Aug

An optometrist and patient

In focus

A light in the dark

NHS and health

01 Aug 13 min read

A group of researchers gather around a screen with graphs displayed

Optometrist awarded NHS Fellowship in Clinical AI

NHS and health

01 Aug 5 min read

A clinician wearing a hijab looks out the window

British Islamic Medical Association to hold inaugural awards

NHS and health

31 Jul 3

Dr Helen Court smiles during a video call

Examining optometry workforce trends in Scotland

NHS and health

31 Jul

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Northern Ireland to reinstate automatic access to free sight tests for most Universal Credit recipients

Government and regulation

22 Sep

A woman instills an eye drop in the eye of a boy

MHRA approves low-dose atropine eye drops for slowing myopia progression

Government and regulation

13 Nov

Red eye, front view

Consultation into extending medicine responsibilities for optometrists launched by DHSC

Government and regulation

04 Sep 1

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25 years at Specsavers: from trainee dispensing optician to managing director of optics

Career development

08 Sep 10 min read

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EssilorLuxottica completes Optegra acquisition

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02 Oct

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NHS and health

03 Oct 10 min read

A group of four young trainee nurses including male and female nurses , walk away from camera down a hospital corridor. They are wearing UK nurse uniforms of trousers and tunics

Optometry responds to NHS England’s Medium Term Planning Framework for England

NHS and health

29 Oct 6 min read 1

Ophthalmologist in blue scrubs performs cataract surgery on a patient who is laying down

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NHS and health

14 Oct

Montage vector illustration composed from randomly placed paper cut out speech bubbles and hand made textures and doodles

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NHS and health

03 Oct 11 min read

Georgia Scanlan, Lynda Daddario and Nicki Heritage from RNIB ECLO Services

RNIB celebrates launch of ECLO service across Hertfordshire and West Essex

NHS and health

24 Sep 6 min read

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Government and regulation

13 Nov

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05 Nov

100% Optical

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Exhibitor list released for 100% Optical 2026

Products

03 Nov

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Optometrist turned MP visits Vision Care clinic on World Homeless Day

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06 Nov