The College provides the latest news, research, advice and guidance on examining children, and all the key optical topics. The College actively campaigns on improving Children’s eye health across the UK.
All children to have a full sight test before they start school, between the ages of three and four.
We are calling on national health and care service providers to:
We are asking all optometrists, dispensing opticians, contact lens opticians and other optical professionals who work with children to:
Don't know that school vision screening are not the same as full sight tests
Don’t consider children’s sight tests as very important health checks
Feel it’s only necessary to take children for sight tests if issues are flagged
The College of Optometrists, Association of British Dispensing Opticians and the OSA partner in new campaign to raise awareness of the importance of children’s eye tests and better signposting for parents to children’s eye care professionals on the High Street.
New research shows that only 30% of kids always wear sunglasses on sunny days and more than a third of parents believe a hat or cap offers the same protection as sunglasses.
ABDO, Boots Opticians, the College and Specsavers have all come together to deliver a public awareness campaign on the importance of children receiving a full sight test before they start school, around three to four years old.
Clinical files: Is a 6-year-old child too young for contact lenses?
There has been an update to the summary of product characteristics for the Prescription Only Medicine form of chloramphenicol 0.5% multi-dose eye drops.
Direct your patients to our brand new, easy to understand information on eye-related issues in new born babies.
The College of Optometrists presented the prestigious Research Excellence Awards today as part of Optometry Tomorrow Bitesize 2021.
CCEHC makes recommendations for children who have missed out on vision screening due to COVID-19.
Should you examine young patients without a parent or carer present?
How much information should you disclose to young patients and their parents?
A young patient's mother is insistent that he doesn't need spectacles but, in your opinion he should be wearing them. What should you do?
Should you re-examine a HES patient who has broken her specs?
What would you do when asked to divulge information about a child patient?
Take part in our research on childhood myopia and inform future decisions on myopia management.
The College issues eye health advice as more families consider hosting their own fireworks display.