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World Sight Day 2026: “Every professional can help build momentum for change”

Organisers of World Sight Day aim to create a “collective and powerful voice that becomes difficult to ignore” ahead of the first Global Summit for Eye Health

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James Brawn

From optometry to medicine and back

Practitioner stories

2 days ago

An illustration of a cartoon person carrying a large ball of tangled string above their head, with two yellow lightning signs and two dark grey clouds, all indicating stress

In focus

Making a declaration for health concerns: one member’s experience

Practitioner stories

02 Oct 8 min read

Simon Raw holds up a mirror to show an elderly female patient her new frames in her living room

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Behind the scenes of our Flexibility matters edition

Practitioner stories

02 Oct

Simon Raw stands beside vehicle

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In the balance

Practitioner stories

02 Oct 15 min read

Mandeep Kaur-Bains

Mandeep Kaur-Bains on founding an eyewear company

Practitioner stories

01 Oct

Malvi providing a sight test to child, Ellie

Opinion

Malvi Patel: “No two days are the same, and no two children are the same”

Practitioner stories

07 Sep 5 min read 1 5 mins

Inside of a church, a table is set up with trial lenses and tools for a sight test. A practitioner is seated beside it talking to a patient who has their back to the camera

St Albans practices provide eye clinic for people experiencing homelessness

Practitioner stories

03 Sep

A boy is dressed as Lord Krishna for Janmashtami celebrations

Janmashtami 2026: “One of the most meaningful days in our family calendar”

Practitioner stories

03 Sep 11 min read 1 1

A large group dressed in golf and casual athletics attire gather together around a golf caddy

Vision Care celebrates new website

Practitioner stories

02 Sep

An illustration of a man in a suit and tie firing arrows at a target placed on a tree

Dr Anish Jindal: “If you want something, don’t give up”

Practitioner stories

01 Sep 5 min read

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BCLA seeks 50 fellows to mark 50 years

Practitioner stories

27 Aug

Optometrist, Andrew Gillies, in front of Clark Optometrists on Orkney Island

Orkney Island optometry practice recruits new optometrist

Practitioner stories

19 Aug

A mother embraces her daughter, who is wearing a graduation gown and cap

In focus

A century of optometry at Aston University

Practitioner stories

07 Aug 10 min read

Optical Suppliers Association members collect their golf trophy from Debbie White

Fight for Sight and OSA summer event raises £10,000

Practitioner stories

05 Aug

A close-up of a young woman preparing to insert a contact lens

BCLA names Dr Manbir Nagra as chair

Practitioner stories

24 Jul

Deven wears a suit and stands by a floral arrangement in the shape of spectacles

Myopia Focus welcomes optometrist to advisory committee

Practitioner stories

22 Jul

Dr Valarie Jerome

Postcard from… the US

Practitioner stories

18 Jul

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Practice director supports eye care initiative in Pakistan

Practitioner stories

16 Jul

Six Newmedica employers stand side on outside wearing sim specs

Running in sight loss simulation spectacles for charity

Practitioner stories

01 Jul

Vijay wears a Moorfields Eye Charity vest over an orange cycling jersey and a yellow helmet. He stands behind his bike, which is fitted with yellow reflectors. The background is an open grassy park

Cycling London to Paris for charity

Practitioner stories

29 Jun

Brian Tompkins celebrates 50 years at Tompkins, Knight & Son

Practitioner stories

24 Jun

Incoming College of Optometrists president Professor Irene Ctori

Professor Irene Ctori appointed president of the College of Optometrists

Practitioner stories

17 Jun

Zabir is dressed in a black suit with white shirt and burgundy tie. He stands holding a long framed official document, on the wall behind him is an array of official documents, some sepia with age, others with photographs

Wessex Optical owner awarded Freedom of the City of London

Practitioner stories

11 Jun

SeeAbility's Guinness World Records title mural is created by Tower Bridge on a cloudy day

SeeAbilty breaks Guiness World Record to highlight children with SEND missing out on eye care

Practitioner stories

04 Jun

Benji sits to the left observing medical students practising an eye test. Three students are gathered around the slit lamp with a volunteer patient

Volunteers’ Week: “I think there are many ways we can use our skills to volunteer”

Practitioner stories

02 Jun 7 min read

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23 Sep 8 min read

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