Print and display this poster to reassure children as they visit your practice during the amber phase of the pandemic.

Information for patients considering buying contact lenses online.

This series of video lectures from College conferences and regional events helps members stay up to date on important clinical topics (1 non-interactive CET point per video MCQ).

You can discuss this case study in practice as part of your CET. Key questions and sample answers are included.

Download this member briefing for information on the headline changes to the guidance.

You can discuss this case study in practice as part of your CET. Key questions and sample answers are included.

This course investigates the future of contact lens material technology and listen in to a debate between leading experts in the contact lens field. It also explores the recent developments in eye tracking technology.

This programme covers the basic routine for fitting and assessing contact lenses.

Accredited Level 2 course, introducing optometrists to the key issues surrounding child abuse. How to recognise and deal with issues that might arise in optometric practice when working with children. There is a also a course on Safeguarding adults.

This film covers key points about examining children of all ages and how to adapt your routine.

College guidance on fitting contact lenses.

In response to requests from our Members, the College has designed a sample contact lens specification form which Members may like to use for their patients.

Contact lens wettability is an important issue for patients and practitioners has an impact on comfort and visual performance.

You can discuss this case study in practice as part of your CET. Key questions and sample answers are included.

New evidence on the growing problem of childhood myopia in the UK.

The current state of knowledge of the most common ocular/visual defects that eye care practitioners encounter in children with Down's syndrome.

This study aims to inform delivery of public health programmes directed at children most in need of community support.

This paper provides a framework whereby all children and young people in special schools in England gain equitable access to regular eye care.

The importance and benefits of rigid gas-permeable lenses for quality of vision, ocular health and a decreased rate of myopic progression are well established.

College guidance on contact lens specification.

College guidance on specialist contact lenses.

College guidance on contact lens check-ups.

Current practitioner-reported attitudes and behaviours relating to contact lens use among children and young people in the UK.

This article aims to acquaint reluctant practitioners with the theoretical knowledge they need to examine children aged 6 years or less.

Should you re-examine a HES patient who has broken her specs?

careers inspiration and information for secondary school students.

This project brought together patients, practitioners and other interested organisations to identify current priorities for optometric research.

Contact lens practitioners need to be able to fit the appropriate lens type for each condition.

This review article describes a new generation of RGP lenses that aim to give the comfort of a soft lens with the vision of an RGP.

This article aims to help practitioners understand better the products they are providing.

Subjects covered include: Intraocular lenses, visual fields,consent, the Welsh Low Vision Service and contact lens manufacture.

This article provides practical advice for optometrists and other eye care professionals managing paediatric patients.

Articles cover: Modifiable risk factors for AMD; Medical management of common corneal conditions; testing visual acuity of young children; lasers; the purpose of an eye test among people aged 60 and over.

A description of changes and how to manage them.

Articles in this edition cover: Conjunctival response to soft contact lens wear, medical management of chronic open-angle glaucoma, vortex keratopathy and Fabry disease, ocular genetics in clinical practice, and customer service leadership .

A useful reference for optometrists who seek to provide evidence-based preventive care in their contact lens practice.

This article focuses on dedicated soft lenses for irregular corneas and how they work, and discusses useful fitting techniques

Articles cover the following subjects: Albinism, clinical decision making, epidemiology of contact lens-related microbial keratitis, effective supervision and soft contact lenses for irregular cornea.

Silicone hydrogel lenses are becoming increasingly popular for recurrent corneal erosion.

Four challenging cases from the Contact Lens Clinic at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital.

Articles cover: Higher-order aberrations in keratoconus; contact lens fitting In challenging cases; the use of silicone hydrogel lenses to promote corneal re-epithelialisation; and cataract and the nodal point fallacy.

A strategy for managing mechanical, non-inflammatory contact lens problems illustrated with analysis of a clinical case in practice.

A look at some of the wide range of conditions being managed using TCLDs.

Children with refractive problems should be offered an alternative one-stop and easy-access community service, tailored to local needs and with set standards of care and expected outcomes.

The second of Lyndon Jones and Caroline Christie's articles on contact lens solutions stresses the importance of selecting the best option for the patient.

This issue of OiP includes articles on optometric prescribing for decompensated heterophoria and medical management of maculopathy. and a review of soft contact lens solutions.

Articles in this edition of OiP cover angle closure glaucoma in optometric practice, colour vision testing, children and contact lenses, and hereditary ocular diseases in childhood.

How young is too young for contact lenses?

A look at some hereditary childhood ocular diseases that may be encountered in optometric practice, including anterior-segment disorders.

Articles covering: Genetics in ophthalmology and its relevance to optometry, dealing with challenging situations in practice, gonioscopy and hereditary ocular diseases in childhood.

Highlighting some of the hereditary diseases encountered in children with visual loss.

This document looks at the development of contact lenses and the role of care regimes in successful wear.

Articles in this issue cover: An optometric-led glaucoma assessment service, colour coding in the identification of lens power in optometric practice , a review of soft contact lens solutions and an Introduction to Psychiatry; Part 2

Caroline Christie and Ron Beerten discuss keratoconus in relation to current concepts of presbyopic correction with contact lenses.

Brian Melia et al. provide two case studies illustrating the use of contemporary piggy-back contact lens systems in the management of keratoconus.

Philip Morgan describes the incidence of keratitis with contemporary contact lenses.

Articles in this edition cover: Contemporary Piggy-back Contact Lens Systems for Keratoconus, keratitis with contemporary contact lenses, the use of customised reduced-aperture spectacles with retinitis pigmentosa, correcting presbyopia with contact lenses and ultrasound examination of the eye.

An analysis of the possibilities, benefits and risks of orthokeratology and how it will reshape future contact lens practice.

The uses and advantages of common contact lenses.

This review outlines current estimates of myopia prevalence for children, the characteristics of myopia progression and attempts to retard its progression with a variety of treatment therapies.

A 41-year-old myopic female wearing daily disposable lenses, complaining of dry eyes, wished to be refitted with another lens type to provide better comfort.

This OiP article looks at how a systematic approach in evaluating the RGP lens on the eye can maximise its technical and physiological benefits.

Subjects covered include, RGP lens fitting, the role of nutrition in cataract development, light sources for colour vision examination, the supervisor and trainee working relationship, the +1.00 blur test.

Keeping you up-to-date with innovations in soft contact lenses.

This OiP article looks at fitting contact lenses to treat children with a variety of conditions.

This article looks at the development of more refined corneal topography measurements and algorithms based on past performance, and how they are helping to improve the predictability of PRK results.

This article aims to prepare the optometrist for the ocular and refractive problems associated with premature birth.