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“Good governance is vitally important. Getting it right goes unnoticed. Getting it wrong can hit the headlines”

AOP chief executive, Adam Sampson, on the search for a new director to join the Board from the wider membership

5 min read

Life as a locum

Returning to locuming after two decades away

8 min read

Life in practice 1

I could not live without…

My hospital’s NHS relationship

Life in practice

Illustration of the Houses of Parliament

“At least policymakers are now convinced that optometry is going to be part of the solution”

6 min read

Karan is smiling in front of a grassy field and is wearing dark blue medical scrubs

How I got here

“It is important to share knowledge as much as you can”

Karan Vyas, optometrist at Newmedica, tells OT about the value of getting involved and his road almost taken

Life in practice

A final thought

“I have already seen a shift in the way we practice during my optometry career”

Professional support

From sunrise to synergy: navigating the NHS Confederation Primary Care Conference

5 min read

100% Optical

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“In a stressful world – and healthcare is a stressful world – fun is a vital release”

The Ferry across the Mersey and the Liverpool Skyline bathed in the last rays of the setting sun

Life as a locum

“Be as open to difference and change as you can”

5 min read

Life in practice

Navneet Gupta is wearing a dark grey suit and smiling widely at the camera

How I got here

“If you don’t carry on learning and developing, you’ll be left behind”

8 min read

Life in practice 1

Birds eye view of the Houses of Parliament in London

“There is a slow realisation among politicians and policymakers of the vital importance of eye health”

Susan in a red dress standing in the middle with three people standing on both sides of her. The group of people are standing outside on a sunny day in green area, all smiling.

How I got here

“I’ve spent my whole life trying to enhance optometry and broaden its scale”

5 min read

Life in practice 3

A South Asian girl with long black hair and a white lab coat is smiling in front of an Amsler chart

Life as a locum

“I’m aware that I’m my own boss, and I really like that”

7 min read

Life in practice 2

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“We cannot ignore the stress being felt in some High Street practices”

The Labour party conference: ‘the biggest conference the Labour Party has ever held’

The Conservative party conference: “It is important to remember that politics is an ever-changing force”

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“Good governance is vitally important. Getting it right goes unnoticed. Getting it wrong can hit the headlines”

Returning to locuming after two decades away

My hospital’s NHS relationship

“At least policymakers are now convinced that optometry is going to be part of the solution”

“It is important to share knowledge as much as you can”

“I have already seen a shift in the way we practice during my optometry career”

From sunrise to synergy: navigating the NHS Confederation Primary Care Conference

“In a stressful world – and healthcare is a stressful world – fun is a vital release”

“Be as open to difference and change as you can”

“If you don’t carry on learning and developing, you’ll be left behind”

“There is a slow realisation among politicians and policymakers of the vital importance of eye health”

“I’ve spent my whole life trying to enhance optometry and broaden its scale”

“I’m aware that I’m my own boss, and I really like that”

“We cannot ignore the stress being felt in some High Street practices”

The Labour party conference: ‘the biggest conference the Labour Party has ever held’

The Conservative party conference: “It is important to remember that politics is an ever-changing force”

“We miss so much of the eye care need that is out there”

The Lib Dem Party Conference