Read our round-up of the College's latest policy, influencing and member engagement activities in Wales.

Podcast: College Clinical Adviser Denise Voon MCOptom talks to Dr Parth Shah MCOptom, optometrist and sports vision consultant to a Premier League football club, about his career at the intersection of optometry and sport.

Clinical files: “I performed a sight test on a patient, and at the end I realised that they had recorded the whole encounter without my permission. Can I ask them to delete it?” 

How vision shapes football performance.

The main purpose of the bill is to abolish NHS England and centralise its services, creating single patient records where patient health information is available in one place.

The aim of this consultation is to deliver a regulatory health and care system that is responsive, flexible, and resilient.

Clinical files: Can I use an AI Large Language Model (LLM), such as ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude, to help draft referral letters, translate clinical advice and support diagnosis?

The Health Bill is part of the government's modernisation agenda to improve patient care in England.

Clinical files: A 65-year-old patient is asymptomatic but has mild-to-moderate nuclear sclerotic cataract in each eye. Should I shorten their recall interval given that the cataract is likely to progress?

Patients will be paid £20 per session and all travel expenses will be reimbursed.

The College of Optometrists and The Association of Optometrists (AOP) warn the current self-declaration system puts more lives at risk of death or injury.

Chris Steele FCOptom, Clinical Editor of Acuity, looks at the brink of a major medical shift.