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Daily news and in-depth features from OT

An older man smiles while speaking with a younger clinician

Early career digest

Lessons between generations

Optical professionals on the insight they have gained from colleagues and patients with different levels of life experience

Career development

1 day ago

A group of professional colleagues chat outside over lunch

Early career digest

Early career professionals on forming connections in their first job

Career development

2 days ago 5 min read

Chris McDonald looking at the camera wearing a grey suit

Chris McDonald MP joins Department of Health and Social Care

Government and regulation

3 days ago

Graham Trevor and Jack Hawkins shake hands under a sign for Mainline Instruments. Graham wears a short-sleeved pink shirt and dark blue trousers, while Jack wears dark wash jeans, a white shirt and grey check blazer

Mainline Instruments appoints new executive commercial director

Products

3 days ago

A close-up of a young woman preparing to insert a contact lens

BCLA names Dr Manbir Nagra as chair

Practitioner stories

3 days ago

A man adjusts a clock

Spring clock change associated with higher risk of retinal disease

Research

3 days ago

A boy stands against a wall with a height cart on it

A growth chart for the eye?

Research

3 days ago

A birds-eye-view of a man attending a virtual meeting, with notebooks in front of him. He types with one hand and holds a cup of tea in the other

Myopia management updates webinar recordings now live

AOP

23 Jul

Exterior of the Department of Health and Social Care on Whitehall, Central London

Two new ministers join the Department of Health and Social Care

Government and regulation

3 days ago

Hands holding a pen and bundle of paper

Response to GOC fee-setting consultation calls for transparent and proportionate structure

AOP

3 days ago

David Hewlett (on left) and Professor Sir Nishan Canagarajah

University of Leicester officially launches optometry degree

Students and pre-regs

3 days ago 1

Lucy Knock on stage speaking

Specsavers scholarship supports optometry application rise

On the High Street

3 days ago

A group of female friends are pictured together

Dry Eye Awareness Month: “You can genuinely transform someone’s quality of life”

Patients

3 days ago 9 min read

An optometrist wearing an NHS lanyard, Zak Saleem, examines a patient’s eyes using a slit lamp microscope in a clinical setting

Pre-reg focus

“The hospital setting has provided exposure to a diverse range of encounters and cases”

Students and pre-regs

22 Jul 1 mins

A woman holds a pack of oral contraceptives

Systematic review finds no link between oral contraceptive use and dry eye disease risk

Research

22 Jul

Dani leans around the side of a large computer screen displaying an image of an eye, as she presses buttons in a demonstration. Dani has bright pink hair, pink nails, and a black top with thin coloured stripes

Topcon showcases Tera and Triton2

Products

22 Jul

Dr Erika Kennington smiling at the camera. She has strawberry blonde hair, grey eyes, and wears a blue jumper

Macular Society appoints new director of research

Research

22 Jul

Deven wears a suit and stands by a floral arrangement in the shape of spectacles

Myopia Focus welcomes optometrist to advisory committee

Practitioner stories

22 Jul

Yvette Cooper MP is appointed as health secretary by Prime Minister Andy Burnham at 10 Downing Street on 20 July 2026

Yvette Cooper MP appointed health secretary by Prime Minister Andy Burnham

Government and regulation

21 Jul

Dr Alistair Bounds in a blue shirt collar and grey jumper stands with Dr Dan Daly, who wears a blue linen shirt, in an office

Occuity secures £1.5m grant for diabetes screening tech

Products

21 Jul

Woman sitting on a giant light bulb growing like a plant, working on a laptop against a cloudy sky background.

43% of GOC registrants on track to meet their CPD requirements

Government and regulation

21 Jul

Jonathan Cohen in a navy suit stands at the front of a room of tiered seating welcoming attendees to the event. A projected screen in the background states Sensei Innovation Centre

Independent practitioners gather at Japan House London for Hoya event

Products

21 Jul 7 min read

A woman wearing headphones closes her eyes with a serene expression

Optometrists invited to complete workplace wellbeing survey

Health and wellbeing

21 Jul

A retinal imaging device against a black background

CE mark approval for Topcon’s Gaia

Products

21 Jul

Anne stands in front of a world map, smiling for the camera. She has blonde-brown hair past her shoulders and wears a navy shirt

Scope Eyecare 2026 IP bursary winner named

Career development

21 Jul

Dr Nawajes Mandal holds a model eye

Research to examine how chemical warfare agents affect the eyes

Research

20 Jul

Dr Valarie Jerome

Postcard from… the US

Practitioner stories

18 Jul

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