We have responded to the DHSC consultation on revoking vaccination as a condition of deployment across all health and social care.

We have responded to the GOC consultation on the illegal supply of eye care services and optical appliances.

Heart attacks transiently increase in number when the clocks go forward. Diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma can interfere with the body’s sleep-wake cycles. Becky McCall examines the relationship between the eye and sleep.

Exciting opportunities abound for the optical profession in the new Health and Care Bill, but there are caveats too, reports Jo Waters.

In each issue, Acuity poses a topical question to a panel of members.

After visiting his father in prison, Tanjit set up a charity to provide eye care and optical skills training to prisoners.

From vaccine hesitancy to blue-light filters, Steve Smethurst looks at the erroneous but unbudgeable beliefs that should be buried for good.

In each issue, Acuity poses a topical question to a panel of members.

Clinical files: Dispensing enquiry - what would you do?

This section evaluates studies showing the effectiveness of coloured overlays and all controlled trials using the intuitive colorimeter and shows there are limitations to the research.

Blue-blocking spectacle lenses are claimed to offer benefit for retinal protection. They are also claimed to reduce eye fatigue following intensive visual tasks and improve sleep quality following the use of electronic devices at night. This document sets out a summary of evidence for you on blue-blocking spectacle lenses.