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Should Your Independent Practice Host a CLiP St...
More than 500 student optometrists will begin their Clinical Learning in Practice placements across the UK from July 2026. Every one of them needs a practice to train in. The...
Should Your Independent Practice Host a CLiP St...
More than 500 student optometrists will begin their Clinical Learning in Practice placements across the UK from July 2026. Every one of them needs a practice to train in. The...
Why Independent Practices Winning in 2026 Bet o...
In 2024 alone, Hakim Group acquired 65 companies — 121 practices — across the UK and Ireland. That was up from 75 the previous year. They have now absorbed more...
Why Independent Practices Winning in 2026 Bet o...
In 2024 alone, Hakim Group acquired 65 companies — 121 practices — across the UK and Ireland. That was up from 75 the previous year. They have now absorbed more...
A Fine Spectacle: Rita Paul's Quietly Revolutio...
Rita Paul does not do things the way the high street does them. Over 20 years in optics, from Vision Express to Boots flagship to Smaje Opticians, she learned exactly...
A Fine Spectacle: Rita Paul's Quietly Revolutio...
Rita Paul does not do things the way the high street does them. Over 20 years in optics, from Vision Express to Boots flagship to Smaje Opticians, she learned exactly...
The NHS Eye Care Crisis: A Government Failure B...
Over 600,000 people in England are waiting for NHS ophthalmology appointments right now. Patients have gone blind waiting for injections that were never booked. Nearly 100 incidents of severe harm...
The NHS Eye Care Crisis: A Government Failure B...
Over 600,000 people in England are waiting for NHS ophthalmology appointments right now. Patients have gone blind waiting for injections that were never booked. Nearly 100 incidents of severe harm...
GOS Fees Confirmed at £24.13 — and the GOC Has ...
Two developments from late 2025 that, taken together, still define exactly where independent practice sits heading into the rest of 2026. The first: in December 2025, NHS England confirmed...
GOS Fees Confirmed at £24.13 — and the GOC Has ...
Two developments from late 2025 that, taken together, still define exactly where independent practice sits heading into the rest of 2026. The first: in December 2025, NHS England confirmed...
Free BCLA Webinar: Contact Lens Confidence for ...
Contact lens confidence is not something you either have or don't. It is something you build. And the BCLA is offering a free hour to help you build it —...
Free BCLA Webinar: Contact Lens Confidence for ...
Contact lens confidence is not something you either have or don't. It is something you build. And the BCLA is offering a free hour to help you build it —...
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