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The latest news, features and insight from across optics

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“Receiving the offer was such a happy moment for me”

OT ’s new Pre-reg focus contributors shared their insights as they geared up to start their placement years

8 min read

Career development

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Examining vulnerability to dry eye disease among patients who use prosthetics

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Obituary: Jan-Karel Querido

Practitioner stories

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Vision Care for Homeless People in fundraising drive for new Plymouth clinic

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First-year reflections and top tips

7 min read

Career development

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NEHW 2024: “A key calendar moment for promoting optics”

Optical organisations

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NHS trials blood pressure checks in optometry practices

Health services

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Recommendations for the future of the High Street

7 min read

A young girl in a pink jumper is smiling inside an optometry practice whilst holding glasses with pink frames up to her face

Optometry Ireland issues back to school eyesight reminder

Optical organisations

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Changing perceptions

10 min read

Health services

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Waterhaul gives new life to ghost gear recovered in whale rescue

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Rising hyperopia levels connected to risk of depression

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Clinicians describe case of acute retinal necrosis

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“This was a phenomenon that I had anticipated to see later”

6 min read

Janice Foster is wearing a peach shirt and is sat in front of a white wall smiling at the camera

“There is so much that we can do through our optical practices on the High Street”

Optical organisations