Optometry Today

3 days ago | aop.org.uk | Kimberley Young

The forms a community can take are as varied and unique as the people that make them. Sports teams and volunteering groups which provide a sense of purpose and connection, friends who offer perspective and fun, and work colleagues who become friends. This year, Mental Health Awareness Week (12-18 May) is focused on the power of community for wellbeing, recognising its role in providing a sense of belonging, support, and connection.

6 days ago | aop.org.uk | Selina Powell

Optometrist, Scott Mackie, outlined his approach to a series of rare clinical cases in practice during his 100% Optical presentation, It may be rare but it's in your chair. The first case Mackie discussed involved a man with a swollen eye, who he saw while working at the vaccination centre during the pandemic. "You notice people's eyes more when they are wearing a face mask," Mackie observed. After Mackie vaccinated the man, he suggested that he come see him in practice.

1 week ago | aop.org.uk | Lucy Miller

A new Master's in optometry is being developed by the University of Leicester and is expected to welcome its first cohort of 34 students in autumn 2026, pending General Optical Council (GOC) approval. The course is being built with the needs of industry in mind and is currently progressing through the GOC accreditation process, Dr Christian French, who is developing the programme, told OT.

1 week ago | aop.org.uk | Selina Powell

A man in his 20s who presented to hospital with symptoms mimicking conjunctivitis was found to have a "wandering organism" in his conjunctival fornix. BMJ Case Reports authors described how the patient presented to the ophthalmology department at the All India Institute of Medical ScienceBhopal after experiencing a foreign body sensation in his right eye for the past three days. He told clinicians that 'dust' had fallen into his eyes when he was riding his bike three days earlier.

1 week ago | aop.org.uk | Kimberley Young |Laurence Derbyshire