This Halloween we're urging the public to think about their eye health.

The College advises the public against wearing novelty contact lenses this Halloween unless they are prescribed.

To mark World Sight Day, new analysis of UK eye tests data estimates that only around 5% of the total population of children aged five years and under had an eye test in 2025, despite optometrists and opticians recommending that children should be taken for their first regular eye test by the time they start school, from age three to four years old.