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 …
A Newport optician recognised with a 2026 Dame Mary Perkins Award says helping young children see clearly for the first time remains the most rewarding part of her role.
For Hannah Yeoman, dispensing optician director at Specsavers Home Visits Aberdeen, and Laura Owens, dispensing optician director at Specsavers Home Visits Edinburgh, some of the most rewarding work happens in patients’ homes.
A professional dispensing qualification gained at 21 has underpinned Angela Dawson’s rise from optical assistant to director of NHS operations at Specsavers. Read her story.
100 years of the dispensing profession Specsavers PAC 2026 will celebrate the centenary of the dispensing profession with a dedicated programme recognising the contribution dispensing opticians have made to eye care over the last 100 years. The celebration at Specsavers’ flagship professional development conference takes place at Birmingham’s International Convention Centre on 13 September 2026. ‘Celebrating 100 years of the …
Thousands of people have enrolled in the Specsavers Cert 3 programme since its relaunch in 2023. The qualification has now received a Princess Royal Training Award, recognising its contribution to learning, skills development and career progression in optics.
Professor Gaby Saunders, Director of the Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness (ManCAD) and a leading expert in hearing health and rehabilitation, will deliver the opening audiology keynote at this year’s Specsavers Professional Advancement Conference (PAC) on Sunday 13 September.
Registration is now live for PAC, one of the UK’s largest conference for audiology clinicians. Returning to Birmingham’s International Convention Centre (ICC), PAC is open to everyone working in audiology, regardless of employer or qualification.
‘The MiniPAC series is just one example of Specsavers commitment to continuing professional development for our clinicians. ‘A consistent theme was the development of Trusted Experts, encouraging confidence in clinical decision-making and a strong focus on evidence-based, patient-centred care.’ ‘The strength of MiniPAC lies in its blend of learning, collaboration and real-world application, helping clinicians deliver better outcomes for patients.’
Through its homelessness programme, Specsavers works with charity partners including Crisis and Vision Care for Homeless People to help remove barriers to eye and ear care for people affected by homelessness, delivering support in stores, community settings and partner-led clinics.
Audiology professionals across the UK and Ireland are invited to join a new online CPD webinar exploring how sustainability can be integrated into hearing care – without compromising clinical outcomes.
Taking place 08:25-09:00 BST on Wednesday 10 June 2026, “Hearing for the Future: Sustainability in Practice” is thought to be the first ever CPD session focusing on sustainability aimed specifically at Audiology clinicians and brings together expertise from Helen Curran, Head of Sustainability at Specsavers, and Bethany Dean, Specsavers’ Clinical Performance Consultant for Scotland and the North.
