Advice to patients in view of the current security restrictions on the taking of contact lens solutions onto aircraft.
Patients who need treatment for eye problems will soon be able to get medicines more easily under plans to enable optometrists to issue prescriptions.
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The College of Optometrists has today announced that the first cohort of trainees has this week successfully completed the Scheme for Registration that replaces the Professional Qualifying Examination Part 2 (PQE2) as the route to registration for UK trained optometrists.
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The College of Optometrists welcomes the report by the Health Select Committee on NHS Charges.
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The College of Optometrists awards a number of postgraduate Research Scholarships and Summer Scholarships each year.
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The Pre-Registration Period fees for 2006/07 have now been set.
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One in four football fans will struggle to watch the World Cup clearly on TV or live in the stadium this summer because of their poor eyesight. Its often the referees eyesight thats called into question by frustrated fans but new research by The College of Optometrists reveals that its the fans themselves who may need to have their vision checked.
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One in four parents has never taken their children for an eye examination an indication of the lack of priority they place on their kids vital senses.
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The College and the GOC have today agreed a way forward to enable students affected by industrial action to proceed to supervised practice.
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College and AOP join response to article in Sunday Times Magazine.
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