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OFNC update: GOS fee negotiations and funding for electronic referral service

The national negotiating body for eye care also outlined how survey feedback has supported funding conversations with government

Government and regulation

1 day ago

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Love Your High Street Week: “A local business can be much more than the service it provides”

On the High Street

1 day ago 6 min read 6 mins

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Zeiss releases consumer education videos

Products

1 day ago

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SPOKE publishes new supervision resources

Students and pre-regs

1 day ago

An older man sits next to a radiator in a jersey and scarf blowing on his hands to keep them warm

AOP responds to £40 million investment in GP programme

AOP

1 day ago

Rod Santos wears a smart suit and shirt

Haag-Streit UK names new general manager

Products

2 days ago

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New e-bike rules must not lead to inconsistency in implementation, RNIB says

Government and regulation

2 days ago

Davina stands in her practice, smiling. The environment is neutral, calming and professional

Opportunities on the High Street

On the High Street

2 days ago 8 min read

Orbis volunteer faculty member, Dr Lucy Barker, director of paediatric ophthalmology at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, leading surgical training at University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia

Orbis invests $32 million in global eye health up to 2030

Patients

3 days ago

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How tiny bumps inside the cornea contribute to Fuchs’ endothelial corneal dystrophy

Research

3 days ago

Alberta Association of Optometrists president, Dr Sophia Leung, speaks to media

New regulations expand scope of care for Alberta optometrists

Government and regulation

3 days ago 5 min read

Fabian Schüpbach at the specialist optometry practice where he works

Postcard from… Switzerland

Practitioner stories

3 days ago 6 min read

Propel students as a group outside smiling

Building confidence in the next generation of practitioners

Career development

06 Nov

AOP Fringe panel at the Labour Party Conference

Opinion

Adam Sampson: “Policy influencing is rarely an exact science”

AOP

05 Nov 4 mins

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EssilorLuxottica to host virtual education day

Practice team

04 Nov

100% Optical

A display of colourful spectacles on the Morel stand at 100% Optical

Love Eyewear Award 2027 judges announced

Products

04 Nov

A girl and boy work at their school desks in a classroom

Small study explores effect of eye-movement training in school children

Research

04 Nov

Shockat Adam with The Eyes Have It partners holding a pledge board

In Pictures: Westminster Eye Health Day 2026

Government and regulation

04 Nov

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Watch Locum Day 2026 on-demand

AOP

04 Nov

Six people in high-vis clothes stand around a tent advertising voluntary roadside vision screening tests at Beaconsfield Services

Roadside vision screenings held for Is Your Vision Roadworthy? campaign

Patients

04 Nov

A student committee of nine people dressed in ball attire pose for a formal photograph

Glasgow Caledonian University OpSoc to host charity cup

Students and pre-regs

04 Nov

Optometrist Kathryn Webber seated at a diagnostic imaging machine in an optometry examination room, operating the equipment using its control panel

University of Bradford myopia management clinic celebrates a decade of patient care

Patients

04 Nov

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Hakim Group’s view on the Budget: welcome support, but cost of living cannot be forgotten

Government and regulation

04 Nov 5 min read

An illustration of a woman sitting back from a desk exhuasted. She is connected to a plug that has been pulled out of the wall while a floating battery sign above her heads indicates low energy

Tackling stress in CLiP: “Make time for the things that help you feel like yourself outside of work and studying”

Students and pre-regs

04 Nov 5 min read

Panel at Thomas Pocklington Trust Labour Party fringe event

Equipping visually impaired young people for the future

Government and regulation

03 Nov 11 min read

An older woman wearing sunglasses stands outdoors in the snow

Cold weather may increase IOP among glaucoma patients

Research

03 Nov

A woman injects a weight-loss medication into her abdomen

An ophthalmic surgeon on how weight-loss drugs affect eye health

NHS and health

02 Nov

A mother holds her child while standing on grassy sand dunes by the beach

Australian survey explores parental attitudes towards myopia prevention

Research

02 Nov

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