Essential resource for members containing prescribing information on drugs currently available to treat eye conditions.
Information on the diagnosis and treatment of 60 various eye conditions that present in practice.
Additional guidance and useful links for members with an independent prescribing qualification.
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists works with the UK Ophthalmic Pharmacy Group to provide a list of drug shortages on their website.
Members with an independent prescribing qualification can create private prescriptions in their My College area.
Advice in our Guidance for Professional Practice.
We often run dedicated therapeutics online peer reviews, which are open to IP qualified members. Check our events listings for the latest peer reviews.
If you are a College member studying for your IP qualification, access your online logbook in your My College area.
Improve your skills and knowledge in diagnosis and patient management on this updated online CPD course for independent prescribing optometrists.
Clinical files: Can I prescribe medicines for intravitreal injection for the management of wet AMD patients?
Optometrists have evolved from prescribers of spectacles to crucial primary care providers, writes Becky McCall.
An online dedicated therapeutics peer review session for College members who are qualified independent prescribers.
Eye health issues that are making the news.
The clinical figures that count.
A&E optometrists can see everything from DIY mishaps to domestic violence in a day's work, writes Steve Smethurst.
Professionalism – ethical, patient-centred, communicative behaviour – is just as essential as any other dimension of practice, says Becky McGall.
The Deputy Chair of CET Approvers at the GOC on specialising in contact lenses and his decision to sell his independent practice.
Paddy Gunn MCOptom, Principal Optometrist for Education and Training at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, explains how his research will help relieve burdens in glaucoma care.
As sharps become more common in optometric practice, Léa Surugue shows how to handle the risks.
Dr Cindy Tromans FCOptom explains how she combines her global roles with her day job on the UK front line.