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Keeping you up to speed on optics and the AOP. Our news section includes clinical and regulatory updates, as well as the latest on AOP membership and benefits. You might also be interested in our press releases.

Millions of appointments for common eye conditions placing ‘unnecessary demands’ on struggling GPs, say eye experts

Three-quarters of High Street optometrists have seen a patient in the last six months who had initially approached a GP
- Press release
- 12 June 2024
Policy Patients Government NHS
Patient-first approach focused on primary care is needed by the next government

The AOP responds to the announcement of a general election on 4 July
- News
- 30 May 2024
Government Patients
Marsha de Cordova, MP for Battersea visits local optometry practice to drive improvements to patient eye care

Marsha de Cordova will discuss the opportunities for delivering more care in the community with local eye care experts in the Battersea, Balham and Wandsworth areas
- Press release
- 24 January 2024
NHS Government Patients Health
NHS backlog emergency forcing people to go private or risk permanent sight loss, latest survey finds

Yearly rise in the number of optometrists seeing patients experiencing delays of 12 months or more for secondary NHS care
- Press release
- 23 November 2023
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Millions of appointments for common eye conditions placing ‘unnecessary demands’ on struggling GPs, say eye experts

Patient-first approach focused on primary care is needed by the next government

Marsha de Cordova, MP for Battersea visits local optometry practice to drive improvements to patient eye care

NHS backlog emergency forcing people to go private or risk permanent sight loss, latest survey finds