Our aims are to ensure that optometrists' skills are constantly developed to meet new models of eye care and improve patient outcomes.
The Government’s 10-Year Health Plan is a crucial chance to expand and strengthen primary eye care by cutting hospital pressure and tackling inequalities in access across England.
Standards and guidance for non-medical eye healthcare professionals to deliver patient care in a multidisciplinary team setting.
The GOC outcomes and competencies that qualify all optometrists to deliver MECS and CUES.
During a busy September, the College travelled around the UK to meet excited first-year optometry students as part of its 2025 student roadshows.
College welcomes the GOC’s thematic review on commercial practices and patient safety.
What the NHS 10-Year Health Plan means for optometry in England
As part of its 10-Year Health Plan, the government is proposing to extend the range of prescription-only medicines available for optometrists to supply under the medicines exemptions legislation.
Denise Voon MCOptom, Clinical Adviser for the College, on what to do when we lack confidence in our own abilities.
In each issue, Acuity poses a topical question to a panel of members.
The College highlights how eye care is already well-placed to meet aims.
A response from the College regarding concerns about the integrity of optometrists referring cataract patients to independent sector providers.
The College of Optometrists and the Optical Fees Negotiating Committee (OFNC) call on the government to make a long-term commitment to primary eye care in its NHS 10-Year Health Plan as part of the shift from hospital to community.
The College of Optometrists calls for vital community minor and urgent eye care services to be universally commissioned in England
The College partners with Springer Nature to take OPO into its second century.