News

Welcome to our news section where we bring you industry updates and insights from our worlds of optics and audiology. Stay informed with reports on our latest sector and CPD events, updates on recent Specsavers campaigns, and the growing activity around our Access to Care agenda.

News

Stay informed with reports on our latest sector and CPD events, updates on recent Specsavers campaigns, and the growing activity around our Access to Care agenda.

Wes Streeting visits Specsavers conference exhibition stand

High St opticians have key role in improving NHS, say ministers

GENERAL NEWS
26 September 2024
Neighbourhood optometrists and audiologists are a key part of the NHS improving access for patients and moving care closer to home.
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26 September 2024
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Jonathan Reynolds MP meets ear and eye experts supporting patients and the high street

OPTICS NEWS
24 September 2024
Jonathan Reynolds has visited Specsavers Hyde to hear about how local eye and ear experts are delivering neighbourhood care.
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24 September 2024
GIles Edmonds, Specsavers clinical services director

Community optometry addresses NHS challenges in new report

OPTICS NEWS
12 September 2024
Community optometry is ready and able to support the NHS address multiple challenges highlighted in a new government-commissioned report.
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12 September 2024
Freeze frame of a Specsavers TV advert. A middle-age couple arriving at a cafe smiling.

Specsavers urges consumers not to accept “OK” hearing

AUDIOLOGY NEWS
19 August 2024
A new campaign from Specsavers ‘OK hearing is not OK’ launching this week, aims to cement its position as the go-to brand for better hearing care in the UK/Ireland.
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19 August 2024
Specsavers' Neil Retallic at a London CPD session

Thousands of clinicians gain CPD points

OPTICS NEWS
17 July 2024
Thousands of delegates have taken part in Specsavers’ latest Mini Professional Advancement (MiniPAC) series
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17 July 2024
Young school student using clinical equipment under supervision of an adult.

Young people get hands-on technology insight into audiology

AUDIOLOGY NEWS
16 July 2024
Young people have had the opportunity to sample what life is like for audiologists and the technology they use at one of the country’s biggest career fairs.
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16 July 2024
Grid of 12 diverse adults smiling.

Community audiology’s transformative role in hearing

AUDIOLOGY NEWS
26 June 2024
Specsavers is urging the sector to work together to support and extend existing NHS capacity to tackle this and other pressing issues.
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26 June 2024
Group of adults cutting ribbon to new Specsavers practice.

Specsavers opens 1000th practice

GENERAL NEWS
8 May 2024
Specsavers co-founder Dame Mary Perkins has helped opened its 1000th UK and Irish practice – 40 years after opening the doors to the first Specsavers practice.
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8 May 2024
Patient having a conversation with a Optometrist in a clinical room.

MP meets ear and eye care experts supporting community

GENERAL NEWS
30 April 2024
CENTRAL Devon MP Mel Stride visits Specsavers to see how expert local opticians and audiologists are making a difference to patients, the community and the NHS.
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30 April 2024
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