Read the Guidance for Professional Practice on examining younger children
Read the Guidance for Professional Practice.
Find out more about getting a higher qualification in Paediatric eye care.
Read our ethical scenarios and decide what you would do in these situations.
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.
As we leave summer behind and head towards winter, growing demands on the NHS will no doubt fill news headlines.
Clinical files: Is a 6-year-old child too young for contact lenses?
The College's position on the use of Chloramphenicol POM in paediatric populations.
Clinical Files: Is it acceptable to turn away a child for a sight test if you don't feel you have the experience or right equipment?
The clinical figures that count - Winter 2023
Is increased screen time causing visual and eye health problems in children? Helen Gilbert reports.
Clinical Files: What can I do to make a sight test as accessible as I can to an autistic child?
A message from Professor Leon Davies FCOptom, College President.
Despite compulsory safeguarding training every two years, optometrists can still feel unsure of their duties. Kathy Oxtoby looks at what to do if you suspect a patient requires safeguarding.
In each issue, Acuity poses a topical question to a panel of members.
The clinical figures that count.
Eye health issues that are making the news.
Jane Veys looks at overcoming the barriers that prevent good eye care
A framework for delivering eye care to children in special schools aims to help those who often seek treatment the least, writes Anna Scott.
The Clinical Council for Eye Health Commissioning (CCEHC) recognises variation in service provision and availability for children with vision deficit picked up through school vision screening in England. 1,2,3