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The latest news, features and insight from across optics

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Presbyopes, multifocal lenses, and managing expectations

Challenges in management of three presbyopic patients were discussed during CooperVision’s discussion workshop at 100% Optical

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Managing and referring anterior eye conditions on the High Street

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“Everyone knows the rules of the game”

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“A very neat, high-performing solution”

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On the ground at the AOP

An explainer on... the Peer Support Line

OT hears how the Peer Support Line has been supporting optometrists, and about plans for a new service dedicated to pre-regs

Orbisipad

Heidelberg Engineering teams up with Orbis to provide education to practitioners globally

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Charmant to close UK subsidiary

Eyewear and lenses

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Eyes on wellbeing

How to feel less stressed: practitioners share their go-to destress hacks

11 min read

Practitioner stories

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Those who search for the moon

10 min read

Practitioner stories 5

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Warming oceans could harm octopus vision

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Haag-Streit opens 2024 Slit Lamp Imaging Competition

Equipment and suppliers

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AOP applications open for student reps

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How optometrists can support their homeless patients

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Paediatric designs: the Star Fit collection

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“Make sure you are standing on solid foundations”

Marsha de Cordova MP

“We are now in an eye health emergency”

6 min read

Health services

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Alex Lloyd Jenkins

Craig MacKenzie on how a new optometry contract is transforming care in Wales

OT spoke with the Optometry Wales chair, Craig MacKenzie, about the extended services on offer and his personal journey into optical politics

Health services

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Increasing numbers of patients removed from reported waiting list

Health services

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The cover story

At the table

22 min read

Health services

The busy exhibition hall at 100% Optical 2024

100% Optical reviewed: “A huge success”

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IP: an upskilling workforce

Supporting IP in optometry

12 min read

Career development 1

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Nine fights for a better optometry world

Optical organisations

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The impact of patient behaviour on ocular surface and contact lens wear