The College of Optometrists and the Association of Optometrists (AOP) have written to the Secretary of State for Transport, Heidi Alexander, calling for mandatory vision checks for drivers at first licence application and at every renewal.
The College believes that regular sight tests are critical to reducing the current and future risk of driving accidents.
Guidance for optometrists on examining patience who drive.
In each issue, Acuity poses a topical question to a panel of members.
Nearly a quarter of UK drivers who have been advised to wear glasses while driving admit to not wearing them behind the wheel.
Clinical files: Patient diagnosed with bilateral glaucoma with a visual field defect, do they need to notify the DVLA (or DVA)?
A report on a survey carried out by the College and funded by the Department for Transport (DfT) indicates that optometrists have an important role to play in educating and informing older patients about their fitness to drive.
The list of ocular conditions that drivers must declare has been reduced.
This online course helps you practise a range of communication skills that are required for patient consultations, including listening, involving patients in decision making, breaking bad news and handling complaints.
The College is supporting a major new road safety campaign called ‘Is Your Vision Roadworthy’.
In the second part of our series looking at the impact of ageing, Léa Suruge asks how to support older patients whose quality of life has been affected by age-related eye disease, and reviews the treatments available.
The College led the development of an independent report funded under the Department for Transport’s Road Safety for Older Road Users Research funding stream.
The latest edition of Acuity, the College’s professional journal, is now available in print and online.
The College’s Clinical Editor, Jane Veys MCOptom, on rabbits in the headlights and royally good handovers
Becky McCall looks at headlight dazzle on the roads, and why complaints about glare to optometrists are rising.
The College of Optometrists recently became aware of an updated list of notifiable ocular conditions that drivers must declare to the DVLA.