Download this COVID-19 workforce risk assessment form for new and expectant mothers in primary eye care practices.

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

Use this infographic in your social media, on your website and print off to display in your window or your practice wall during the amber phase of the pandemic.

Print off this A4 poster and display it on the entrance to your practice during the amber phase of the pandemic.

Print off this A4 poster and display it on the entrance to your practice.

Print off this A4 poster and display it on the entrance to your practice.

Print off this A4 poster and display it on the entrance to your practice.

Print off this A4 poster and display on the entrance to your practice.

Print off this A4 poster and display on the entrance to your practice.

Guidelines for practice staff on how to deal with patients with acute eye problems.

This document concentrates on the commissioning and provision of eye health and ophthalmology services in England.

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).

We host live webinars to help members stay up to date on important topics and offer the CET for those webinars here.

This course presents five patient case studies (1 non-interactive CET).

This series of video lectures from College conferences and regional events helps members stay up to date on important clinical topics.

Your patient, their health can help improve your knowledge and skills in managing public health issues that affect your patients: dementia, falls and depression (1 non-interactive CET point).

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 may have seen that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published its first guideline on the management of cataract in adults.

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

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

An in-depth exploration of the referrals process in the UK.

This programme outlines the key facts about glaucoma, covering the definitions, classifications, pathophysiology, incidence, associations, risk factors, assessment, investigation, referral, management and treatment of glaucoma.

This programme examines the causes of AMD and the risk factors, the aetiology and physiology of AMD, examination techniques, existing and new treatments and strategies for management.

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.

Information for your patients on drusen and early age-related macular degeneration, including what they can do to protect their eyes.

This course discusses the major impact of short wavelength and visible light upon the eye and surrounding tissues and considers the best approach to communicate this and to assess any impact.

The aim of this course is to emphasise the link between poor nutrition and certain eye disorders and to establish how best to communicate accurate and relevant information.

This course discusses the major impact of smoking upon eye health and shows how optometrists can play an important role in helping people access cessation services in the UK.

A report into the ophthalmic public health data available, and how it can be improved to be more useful. (1.3MB)

NHS England's new care models aim to dissolve boundaries between primary care and community services, hospitals, social care and mental health services.

Do you know your legal responsibilities with regards to patients' vision and driving?

How frequently you should you carry out regular eye examinations on a patient with glaucoma?

This form is intended for use by optometrists and general practitioners. It is based on the work of the Thames Valley Macular Group.

Principal ocular causes for the condition, and how the standard eye examination should be modified to meet today's visual demands.

How does the FtP system promote standards among optometrists, protect the public and maintain confidence in the profession?

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

A brief overview of the various techniques in non-penetrating glaucoma surgery and their advantages and disadvantages in comparison with traditional penetrating glaucoma surgery.

Guidance on current visual acuity standards for driving in the UK and advising patients on their fitness to drive.

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

There is growing interest in myopia and myopia control within the optometry community. This article looks at the evidence for intervention.

Does breastfeeding bring potential visual benefits?

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

Commissioning guidance on Cataract Surgery

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

Cases of glaucoma continue to increase across the globe. Here, a number of experts discuss the importance of early detection in saving sight and halting this epidemic

The role of optometrist in the detection and management of AMD in the UK and Australia.

Optometrists talk to patients about eye health every day, and have an important role to play in health promotion and public health.

Homeless people, travelling people and vulnerable migrants have an increased prevalence of both short- and long-term illness compared to the general population.

There is higher prevalence of eye disease in the non-white population of the UK. A lack of awareness of increased risk and reduced uptake of eyecare services means sight loss is more prevalent.

College guidance on examining patients at risk from glaucoma.

College guidance on examining patients with diabetes mellitus.

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

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

An overview of FLACS and the studies that have attempted to evaluate it.

The optical sector is exploring practical measures to improve services that contribute to public eye health.

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

An elderly patient misunderstands your advice and her worried sister has phoned you. Should you explain the situation to her?

careers inspiration and information for secondary school students.

Current imaging-based technologies which can aid the detection of ACG.

A 41-year-old male attended for a consultation for refractive surgery following referral from his optician. He wanted to know 'if anything could be done' for his prescription.

The role of optometry in disease management now goes well beyond the confines of case finding and referral.

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

After examining her eyes you find that your patient's cataracts are getting worse. But she is happy with her current prescription. What do you prescribe?

Post-op assessment by a community optometrist as part of a shared care cataract pathway results in benefit for patients, optometrists and ophthalmologists.

The relationship between myopia, educational performance and engagement in after-school tutorial classes.

Should we be attempting to control myopia progression in a clinical setting? And,if so, what are the options?

This article summarises the Cochrane reviews on nutritional supplementation in AMD.

This article reviews the various treatment options available as prophylactic therapy for early AMD.

A discussion of current and emerging treatments for diabetic retinopathy, diabetic maculopathy, central retinal vein occlusion and branch retinal vein occlusion.

Looking at the impact of the lesser known effects of glaucoma, in order to improve understanding and care of patient.

How failing vision, along with other symptoms of ageing can affect patients' management of their medication.

Investigating current practice for managing and treating AMD in Ireland and the UK.

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

Can modern high-resolution OCT alone provide sufficient information on which to base a decision to treat?

Articles in this edition cover: Therapeutics, OCT vs FFA, corneal confocal microscopy, amblyopia management and Britain's eye health.

Evaluating the risk of AMD amongst construction workers in Ireland.

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 review of the role of the optometrist in the medical management of glaucoma in the light of 2009 NICE guidelines, as well as recommendations.

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 .

Pilot data from surveys examining the roles of community-based and hospital optometrists in the assessment and management of patients with suspected AMD.

Articles cover decontamination, how patients make choices, refractive surgery,referral behaviour, optometric management of AMD.

Articles in this edition cover intraocular scatter and visual performances, the structure–function relationship in glaucoma, current trends in macular hole management and visual acuity and visual satisfaction.

Looking at research into posterior polar cataract and opacities elsewhere in the crystalline lens and poor vision.

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.

80-90% of diagnosed POAG cases in the UK are initially detected during routine eye examination.

The classification, risk factors and detection of glaucoma.

An insight into the development of the guidance, its implementation and implications for optometry.

Articles cover: The NICE guideline on diagnosis and management of COAG and ocular hypertension, glaucoma detection, cataract development in relation to morphology and depression and acquired visual Impairment.

A detailed discussion of the morphology of, and predisposing factors for, development of cataract .

Hema Radhakrishnan looks at causes of myopia in relation to inheritance patterns and environmental factors.

Articles cover: The ageing eye; myopia; current concepts in AMD; and the ocular consequences of HIV-AIDS.

A review of the modern classifications of AMD and available treatments.

Articles cover: Low vision; HES case studies, a community ophthalmic service for the management of paediatric refractive eye problems; glaucoma co-management; contact lens devices in the management of corneal and ocular surface disease; and extended roles in hospital optometry.

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.

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.

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

How young is too young for contact lenses?

A review of optic disc assessment in glaucoma, in order to enhance the background knowledge of optometrists in undertaking these roles.

Articles cover: The medical management of diabetes; the Glaucomatous Optic Disc, retinal haemorrhage and ophthalmic lens materials.

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.

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

The work of the OLGA clinic at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital.

Articles cover: Disciplinary cases and the issues they raise, smoking and eye disease, the electrophysiology of vision and macular holes.

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.

The iCARE is a rebound tonometer that does not require the use of an anaesthetic.

Articles cover: laser treatment, advances in the surgical management of glaucoma, equipment for domicilary work and the Guide Dog Partnership.

An understanding of the effects of glaucoma surgery on vision and ocular comfort has also led to a modification of surgical techniques.

This article reviews the evidence for the role of nutrition in the development of cataract.

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.

This article looks at how the diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma have changed over the years.

The development of tamoxifen - from the early laboratory studies to the present-day use.

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

A review of the major risk factors for cataract.

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

A summary of the evidence on the possible role of vision tests in clinical decision making about cataract extraction.