Primary care

A woman rests her head against a slit lamp chin rest for a sight test

LOCSU annual report shares 2025 highlights

The report is structured around three LOCSU priorities

NHS and health

Today

In the foreground is a piece of optical equipment. In the background, an optometrist checks the eyes of a patient

Details revealed for Wales sight test remuneration and fees

Government and regulation

14 Nov

Delegates at the Hospital and Specialty Optometrists Conference look towards the stage

Six insights from HSOC

Hospital optometry

13 Nov 7 min read

An older man sits at a table budgeting with a book an calculator

Northern Ireland to achieve parity for Universal Credit recipients from December

NHS and health

13 Nov

Mother playing with her son

Neurodiversity and vision

Patients

12 Nov 1

Illustration of an hourglass

Opinion

“Policymaking is not about dealing in black and white; it is about deciding between shades of grey”

AOP

06 Nov 5 min read 5 mins

A woman rubs her eyes by a lamp while reading a document

Dry eye disease prevalence increases following menopause

Research

06 Nov

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

An improved vision test for toddlers

Research

05 Nov

Exterior of Scottish Parliament building framed by hills on a cloudy day

Optometry Scotland launches manifesto ahead of 2026 Scottish election

NHS and health

03 Nov

Robert sits at a table in the garden smiling

An optometrist saved my life

“Cancer was the last thing on my mind”

Patients

28 Oct 8 min read

Saleem and the sheriff and deputy mayor of Gloucester at the opening of the relocated Vision Express Gloucester

Vision Express Gloucester celebrates relocation

On the High Street

23 Oct

An eye care professional smiles to the camera as he prepares to complete a slit lamp examination of a patient, who is resting their face in the chin rest. Around them are posters indicating eye health and anatomy

Mapping the profession across Europe

Government and regulation

16 Oct

Valarie Jerome and Lou Furby

World Menopause Day 2025: “I didn’t know what was happening to me”

Health and wellbeing

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

A man performs yoga in a living room

10 ways optometrists are managing work-related stress

Research

14 Oct

A panel of speakers at a desk in a lecture theatre

Diagnostic centres need investment if eye care waiting lists are to reduce, Royal College of Ophthalmologists president says

Patients

08 Oct 5 min read 1

An etrog used during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot

Sukkot 2025: “There is a feeling of togetherness”

Practitioner stories

06 Oct 12 min read

An older woman has her vision tested

Supporting people with dementia in practice

Patients

04 Oct

A road at night with headlights blurring into white and red streaks

On the ground at the AOP

An AOP explainer on... campaigning for safe driving vision

AOP

03 Oct 7 min read 6 mins

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A conversation about...

Improving primary and secondary care relationships

NHS and health

03 Oct 11 min read

Dharmesh has his hands crossed and stands in front of a wall wearing a grey suit

How I got here

“I wanted to create impact on a bigger scale”

Career development

03 Oct 10 min read 11 mins

Julia Maiden holds a blood pressure monitor

Julia Maiden on an innovative blood pressure pilot

Health and wellbeing

03 Oct 1

The full AOP and Progressive Britain panel are sat behind a table with a blue tablecloth

Political leadership on the 10-Year Health Plan’s shift from hospital to community is needed, AOP chief executive says

Government and regulation

02 Oct 7 min read

Prime Minister Keir Starmer stands outside during the Labour Party Conference

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

NHS and health

30 Sep

A panel of women sat behind a table

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

NHS and health

29 Sep

Ed Davey is stood up whilst being interviewed on stage at the conference

Eight insights from the Liberal Democrat conference

Government and regulation

25 Sep 8 min read

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Sam Baird, Paula Beattie, Robbie Butler, Andy Allen

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

Carina Hummel

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

Career development

08 Sep 10 min read

An Optegra hospital

EssilorLuxottica completes Optegra acquisition

On the High Street

02 Oct

Most popular across Primary care

Sam Baird, Paula Beattie, Robbie Butler, Andy Allen

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

Government and regulation

22 Sep

Red eye, front view

Consultation into extending medicine responsibilities for optometrists launched by DHSC

Government and regulation

04 Sep 1

Robert sits at a table in the garden smiling

An optometrist saved my life

“Cancer was the last thing on my mind”

Patients

28 Oct 8 min read

Optometrist siting on a chair with his back to the camera looking at a screen

Optometry Scotland calls for OCT to be integrated into primary eye care in Scotland

On the High Street

16 Sep 3

Chosen for you

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

Two people look through a table of frames at an exhibition stand

Exhibitor list released for 100% Optical 2026

Products

03 Nov

MP Shockat Adam sits down whilst having a eye examination at a Vision Care clinic

Optometrist turned MP visits Vision Care clinic on World Homeless Day

Patients

06 Nov