Specsavers is again sponsoring the Eye Health Award at the Visionary Annual Awards 2026, which recognises the sight loss organisations improving eye health and transforming lives in communities across the UK. The award celebrates initiatives making a positive difference for blind and partially sighted people that combine effective services, fresh thinking and collaboration to respond to an identified eye health …
Specsavers experts, alongside Cascader’s Peter Thomas, discuss how artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance clinical decision-making in optometry.
Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) president Kevin Gutsell and Carina Hummel, managing director, optics at Specsavers, have visited Specsavers Barnet to recognise the vital role dispensing opticians play in local communities.
The visit forms part of ABDO’s year long centenary programme, which is celebrating 100 years of the dispensing optics profession. It is shining a light on the invaluable contribution dispensing opticians make across community practice, education and clinical care.
To mark this year’s World Optometry Day (23 March), Specsavers is shining a light on how its incredible optometrists are providing access to care across the globe.
In the UK, optometrists play a key role in supporting Specsavers homelessness programme. They are helping people experience homelessness access eye and hearing health services.
With multiple CPD sessions, recruitment and partnership opportunities for those seeking new Optom and Dispensing Optician roles and main stage presentations there was plenty to learn, share and celebrate.
Paul Morris, Director of Professional Advancement at Specsavers, comments on new research that sets out how and why glaucoma cases are predicted to increase in the coming decades,
THE role of AI in optometry will be the spotlight at 100% Optical – with leaders from Specsavers joined by AI pioneers on the main stage.
Specsavers has claimed multiple honours at the 2025 Regional and National Apprenticeship and Skills Awards, underlining its position as a leader in vocational training.
A new report highlights that community glaucoma services, when commissioned, can cut hospital eye visits by roughly 50%, potentially freeing up 300,000 hospital appointments in England.
Health leaders are urging the government to build on successful models of local care models to improve access to care for patients and support economic growth.
