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18 September 2023
College supporting National Eye Health Week 2023
Low vision
Myopia
Public health
14 September 2023
UK rejoins Horizon Europe research funding programme
Research
6 September 2023
Review finds there may be no benefit using blue-light filtering spectacles
Dispensing
Public health
5 September 2023
Flu and COVID autumn vaccine programmes brought forward
30 August 2023
Visit the College headquarters as part of London's Open House Festival
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23 August 2023
We want to hear your views on the Guidance for Professional Practice
18 August 2023
College responds to consultation on child safeguarding
Children
Consultations
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17 August 2023
First optometry students on new route to qualification
3 August 2023
BBC Sounds episode focuses on glasses
Dispensing
Museum
27 July 2023
The College of Optometrists and BCLA announce collaboration on conference
Advancing optometry
Contact lenses
14 July 2023
Have your say on the College
3 July 2023
The NHS celebrates 75th birthday
Public health
30 June 2023
College welcomes the first NHS Long Term Workforce Plan
Advancing optometry
Public health
28 June 2023
BBC newsreader rushed to hospital after optometrist identifies detached retina
Medical retina
Public health
19 June 2023
DVLA revises list of notifiable conditions for drivers in UK
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