Pre regs

Zak smiling in a head and shoulders shot

Pre-reg focus

“Everything I had learned started to fall into place”

Zak Saleem, pre-registration optometrist at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, on rotating around different hospital clinics in the first weeks of his placement

Students and pre-regs

03 Nov 2 mins

Deepali Poojara

Deepali Poojara: “Staying organised is key”

Students and pre-regs

17 Oct

Eliza is in graduation robes and is holding a bunch of sunflowers

Pre-reg focus

“I left the appointment with a real sense of accomplishment”

Students and pre-regs

03 Oct 2 mins

An infant boy sits in the consulting room chair wearing red and yellow sunflower occluders

Early career digest

Through a child’s eyes: making sight tests fun

Students and pre-regs

21 Sep 7 min read

An illustration of a yellow briefcase on a pale pink background. The briefcase is drawn in one single line that starts off-screen on the left, and continues off-screen on the right

Early career digest

Beyond the consulting room

Career development

20 Sep 8 min read

Juwaria photographed in the AOP offices

A to optometry

“It’s rewarding knowing that I’m part of something that aims to make a difference for students in the profession”

Students and pre-regs

10 Sep 7 min read

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Optical Benevolent Fund: changes, support, and increasing awareness

Health and wellbeing

10 Sep

Ruhma Amin

Asda Opticians welcomes first pre-registration optometrists

Students and pre-regs

08 Sep

Optometrist performing a sight test

One year qualified

Students and pre-regs

23 Aug 8 min read

Robyn Marsden presents at the relaunch

Johnson & Johnson to relaunch Success Through Education Programme

Students and pre-regs

06 Aug 5 min read

Liz has blonde hair and is stood against a white wall wearing a black top and blue lanyard

How I got here

“Having lots of people to support and push me has been really important”

Hospital optometry

01 Aug 5 min read mins

A close up of a computer keyboard

On the ground at the AOP

An AOP explainer on... the consequences of fabricating records

AOP

01 Aug 5 min read

Sarah Sharpe

A to optometry

“From the moment I stepped into the role and met the optometrist, I thought: ‘I’m going to do that job one day’”

Career development

25 Jul 5 min read

A young optometrist speaks to a child patient

Specsavers launches the Judy Lea Award for Early Career Excellence

Students and pre-regs

16 Jul

On a background split in half between yellow and navy is an illustration of a clock.

Early career digest

My 5–9 after the 9–5

Career development

16 Jun 9 min read

A medical professional fills out paperwork at her desk

Early career digest

“It is really important that the patient understands the urgency of their referral”

Career development

15 Jun 5 min read

Bonnie laughs during an AOP Council meeting

AOP appoints new Councillors

AOP

08 May

Hannah is smiling whilst sitting at a table next to a green wall in a Specsavers testing room. A large piece of optical equipment is on the table in front of her

Pre-reg focus

“I’m hopefully now closer to the end of pre-reg than to the beginning”

Students and pre-regs

06 May 3 mins

Happy and sad emoticons spheres are balanced on seesaws on a purple background

“There’s a lot of pressure on young professionals to prove themselves”

Health and wellbeing

24 Apr 6 min read 3

Nathesa is performing a slit lamp examination

A to optometry

“Everyone encouraged me to study optometry”

Students and pre-regs

18 Apr 6 min read

Emily smiles from her desk, she wears smart business attire and a lanyard with lots of badges

First hospital-based pre-reg in Wales approaches qualification

Students and pre-regs

01 Apr

Black and white animation of a clock.

Early career digest

Turning back time: the first sight test post-qualification

Career development

01 Apr 5 min read

Kiera, wearing a white clinical uniform, smiles in a Boots Opticians testing room

A to optometry

“I remember the feeling when I put on my first pair of glasses”

Students and pre-regs

19 Mar

Hannah Silcock sitting in an optometry practice room

Pre-reg focus

“I can’t believe how quickly the time is passing”

Students and pre-regs

03 Mar 2 mins

Pre-reg optometrist Rafeh is joined by members of the SpaMedica and Vision Express teams

SpaMedica launches pre-reg training programme for optometrists

Students and pre-regs

25 Feb

An illustration of a hand holding up a yellow paper plane. On it, stands a tiny person holding a telescope to their eye and looking into the distance. Clouds and arrows line the background

In focus

“Our personal approach to pre-reg recruitment allows us to ensure a better candidate experience”

Students and pre-regs

07 Feb

A woman is using a mobile phone

AOP seeking Peer Support Line volunteers

AOP

28 Jan

Hannah is smiling whilst sitting at a table next to a green wall in a Specsavers testing room. A large piece of optical equipment is on the table in front of her

Pre-reg focus

“Don’t lose track of how far you’ve come”

Students and pre-regs

06 Jan 4 mins

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This OT skills guide explores the legal aspects of domiciliary eye care

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Domiciliary eye care: communication challenges

This OT skills guide will share insight on communication during a domiciliary sight test

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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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Career development

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Asda Opticians welcomes first pre-registration optometrists

Students and pre-regs

08 Sep

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Students and pre-regs

17 Oct

An infant boy sits in the consulting room chair wearing red and yellow sunflower occluders

Early career digest

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Students and pre-regs

21 Sep 7 min read

Juwaria photographed in the AOP offices

A to optometry

“It’s rewarding knowing that I’m part of something that aims to make a difference for students in the profession”

Students and pre-regs

10 Sep 7 min read

Zak smiling in a head and shoulders shot

Pre-reg focus

“Everything I had learned started to fall into place”

Students and pre-regs

03 Nov 2 mins

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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

A toddler smiles while playing with coloured blocks that slide along a wire

An improved vision test for toddlers

Research

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

Patients

06 Nov