ABDO

05/11/2025

ABDO membership offers discounts across a wide range of retailers, making it the perfect place to find thoughtful and budget-friendly Christmas gifts.

From High Street favourites to luxury brands, members can enjoy savings on everyday purchases and indulgent treats alike.

Lifestyle discounts

05/11/2025

In 2026 we will be celebrating 100 years since ABDO and its predecessor was founded. ABDO will have a new logo for the year and would like to know what merchandise members would like to see available in the corporate shop with the new logo.

Please take our short survey and let us know

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05/11/2025

MJ Housden, Optician has a vacancy for a dispensing optician in Forres, Moray

“We are looking for a qualified dispensing optician to support our optometrists Applications welcome from newly qualified or experienced individuals.” Find out more https://buff.ly/q8QiqiQ

04/11/2025

President Kevin Gutsell reflects on the success of the recent ABDO clinical conference, highlighting the vital role of DOs in dry eye care, myopia management, and paediatric eyecare.

Looking ahead with positivity

04/11/2025

‘Don’t drop out: managing dry eye for contact lens success’ is the title of a BCLA webinar to be held on 3 December from 7-8pm.

Open to all, with one CPD point available, the webinar will be presented by Imke Jacobs – an optometrist at Visser Contactlenzen in the Netherlands.

‘Don’t drop out: managing dry eye for contact lens success’ is the title of a British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) webinar to be held on 3 December from 7-8pm. Open to all, with one CPD point available, the webinar will be presented by Imke Jacobs – an optometrist at Visser Contactlenzen ...

04/11/2025

Amy Seaman clinical and policy manager and Pauline Bradford South West England regional lead are at the Boots Opticians CPD event in Cheltenham today.

04/11/2025

A Scottish research initiative to safeguard retinal images for innovation in eye research has reached a major milestone.

Having secured more than one million retinal images since the project launched, researchers are now a step closer to supporting clinicians to make crucial early diagnoses in d***litating eye diseases and other conditions.

A Scottish research initiative to safeguard retinal images for innovation in eye research has reached a major milestone. Having secured more than one million retinal images since the project launched, researchers are now a step closer to supporting clinicians to make crucial early diagnoses in d***l...

03/11/2025

ABDO is preparing for a year of events and activities in 2026 to celebrate 100 years of the dispensing optics profession – and is looking for members to get involved too.

ABDO is preparing for a year of events and activities in 2026 to celebrate 100 years of the dispensing optics profession – and is looking for members to get involved too. “In 2026, we will be celebrating 100 years since our predecessor organisation, the Association of Dispensing Opticians, came ...

03/11/2025

The first batch of CPD education sessions have been announced for 100% Optical 2026, taking place at London’s Excel from 28 February to 2 March.

With a new tagline – ‘Where eyewear meets eyecare’ – the show will once again be partnering with the AOP to provide some 100 hours of CPD-accredited sessions.

ABDO will be running sessions in the Dispensing Workshop once again. ABDO members will be offered priority booking for these from 19 January.

The first batch of CPD education sessions have been announced for 100% Optical 2026, taking place at London’s Excel from 28 February to 2 March. With a new tagline – ‘Where eyewear meets eyecare’ – the show will once again be partnering with the Association of Optometrists (AOP) to provide...

03/11/2025

Optical sector bodies have voiced their “concerns” and “disappointment’ that NHS England’s newly-announced Medium Term Planning Framework fails to include primary eyecare. https://buff.ly/ciY6PuZ

Optical sector bodies have voiced their “concerns” and “disappointment’ that NHS England’s newly-announced Medium Term Planning Framework fails to include primary eyecare. Heralded by NHS England as “the most radical reset of the NHS in a generation”, the framework lays out a three-yea...

31/10/2025

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30/10/2025

Applications are open for the January intake of the Management and Leadership Training courses.

Choose from:
Continuing Improvement Certificate
Growing Leader Certificate
Management and Leadership Diploma
Management Essentials Certificate

Find out more here https://buff.ly/3BM4hDl