Newly-released figures from Specsavers have shown that more than 1.4 million people in the UK received care through its enhanced eye care services between April 2024 and the end of March this year.

Researchers from Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea have outlined the prevalence of dry eye disease in the nation. Writing in Scientific Reports, scientists examined data from the Health ...

National Eye Health Week (NEHW) will return on 22–28 September, with organisers working to "build strong community networks" to share eye health advice and help make eye care a priority. Organisers of ...

Topcon Healthcare has announced a strategic investment in Okko Health, a UK-based software medical device company. Okko Health’s home vision monitoring platform is designed to support ongoing patient ...

Northern Ireland optometry practices with a Maestro optical coherence tomography (OCT) device are invited to join a pioneering artificial intelligence (AI) project that aims to enhance the early ...

The optical equipment supplier, Birmingham Optical Group, has been acquired by Advancing Eyecare (AEC), a provider of ophthalmic instruments in North America. The terms of the transaction were not ...

The Scottish independent practice, Mackie Opticians in Lesmahagow, has celebrated 30 years of serving the community’s eye care needs. Optometrists, Drs Roisin and Scott Mackie, opened the Lesmahagow ...

A practice in Guildford welcomed a local MP for a visit to learn about the services provided by High Street optometry and how services could be expanded. Bayfields Opticians & Audiologists in ...

The sport eyewear brand, evil eye, has switched to a new biocircular material across all of its products. As of 1 August, the brand is using ECO PPX, a robust and flexible polymer which has been ...

Johnson & Johnson is re-launching its Success Through Education Programme (STEP) this autumn with a refreshed approach to supporting undergraduate and newly-qualified optometrists.

Researchers from the University of New South Wales have described the performance of a large language model (LLM) across a variety of optometry and vision science written response questions. Writing ...

Optometry Scotland has accepted the Scottish Government’s proposed 4% increase in the General Ophthalmic Services (GOS) fee, Community Glaucoma Service and the pre-registration trainee optometrist ...