Children

Ethical scenarios

Should you examine young patients without a parent or carer present?

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Jane Veys MCOptom on acronym ambivalence

Latest clinical files

Clinical files: Is a child who is not a resident of the UK eligible for an NHS-funded sight test?

More on examining children

Natalie Healey explores how optometrists can support the diagnosis and management of cerebral visual impairment.

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.

Adrian O’Dowd asks how optometrists should respond to a rise in the rate of retinoblastoma in children across Europe.

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

Updates to Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) classification and the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on eye strain and dry- eye-related symptoms

College of Optometrists' research has revealed that up to 23%(1) of parents had never taken their children for a sight test

Find out what our Clinical Adviser has to say about a study published by the University of Hong Kong linking COVID-19 restrictions, screen time and myopia in children.

The clinical figures that count.

Eye health issues that are making the news.

Adrian O'Dowd examines how optometrists can prepare for and best handle a backlog of child myopia diagnoses caused by the pandemic.

Dr Louise Terry MCOptom on how her own experience of myopia is informing innovative ways to manage the condition in children.