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.
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The clinical figures that count.
Clinical editor Jane Veys on the change from CET to CPD.
Natalie Healey explores how optometrists can support the diagnosis and management of cerebral visual impairment.
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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.
Eye health issues that are making the news.