Children's eye health

Latest campaign

The College of Optometrists, Association of British Dispensing Opticians and the OSA partner in new campaign to raise awareness of the importance of children’s eye tests and better signposting for parents to children’s eye care professionals on the High Street.

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Jane Veys MCOptom on acronym ambivalence

Latest clinical files

Clinical files: Is a 6-year-old child too young for contact lenses?

Position statements

The College's position on the use of Chloramphenicol POM in paediatric populations.

More on examining children

In this recorded lecture, Professor Bruce Evans FCOptom highlights the role of practitioners in providing eye care for children and aims to improve members' confidence in managing these cases whilst stressing the need for practitioners to be aware of their limitations.

This online course covers the paediatric clinic portion of the pre-reg Hospital Eye Service experience.

Eye health issues that are making the news - Spring 2023.

This online CPD course follows an optometrist while they examine four children of differing ages being managed in practice for a variety of binocular vision anomalies.

The Clinical Council for Eye Health Commissioning has written to NHS England urging them to commission a School Eye Care Service for children with special needs.

Podcast: College clinical adviser Daniel Hardiman-McCartney FCOptom MBE talks to optometrist Bhavin Shah MCOptom MBABO FBCLA about managing patients with dyslexia.

Clinical Files: Is it acceptable to turn away a child for a sight test if you don't feel you have the experience or right equipment?

The clinical figures that count - Winter 2023

Is increased screen time causing visual and eye health problems in children? Helen Gilbert reports.

Clinical Files: What can I do to make a sight test as accessible as I can to an autistic child?

A message from Professor Leon Davies FCOptom, College President.

Despite compulsory safeguarding training every two years, optometrists can still feel unsure of their duties. Kathy Oxtoby looks at what to do if you suspect a patient requires safeguarding.