This consultation is to agree on an approved list of eye preparations for inclusion in the Wales General Ophthalmic Services signed order formulary.
What does an optometrist need to remember when dispensing spectacles or contact lenses without a qualified dispensing optician? Kaye McIntosh reports.
Member briefing: College research finds that consumers prefer spectacles purchased in UK optometry practices to those bought online.
Blue-blocking spectacle lenses are claimed to offer retinal protection, reduce eye fatigue and improve sleep quality. This document sets out a summary of evidence.
The College's position on ready-made spectacles.
The College's position on buying spectacles online.
The College's position on blue blocking spectacle lenses.
After visiting his father in prison, Tanjit set up a charity to provide eye care and optical skills training to prisoners.
From vaccine hesitancy to blue-light filters, Steve Smethurst looks at the erroneous but unbudgeable beliefs that should be buried for good.
In each issue, Acuity poses a topical question to a panel of members.
Clinical files: Can I supply contact lenses to an expired specification when a person is anxious about visiting the ophthalmic practice due to COVID-19?
This section evaluates studies showing the effectiveness of coloured overlays and all controlled trials using the intuitive colorimeter and shows there are limitations to the research.
A patient wants to purchase a pair of spectacles using a prescription generated from an overseas app on his smartphone. What would you do?
Remote consultations were seen as a short-term pandemic solution, but they look like they’re here to stay. Steve Smethurst looks at the benefits of tele-optometry and the video software optometrists should consider.
Your patient wants you to make up spectacles from a four year old prescription. What should you do?
Can you refuse to see a patient who keeps taking his prescription elsewhere?