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15 December 2021
Optometry degree apprenticeship put on hold
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15 December 2021
College issues eye health tips as winter sets in and we spend more time indoors
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14 December 2021
Move to Alert Level 4 announced across the UK
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8 December 2021
Supporting optometrists in their vaccine decisions
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1 December 2021
Almost half of Brits unaware they could be fined for driving without prescribed glasses
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30 November 2021
Updates to the College’s Amber phase COVID-19 guidance
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30 November 2021
College launches new driving safety campaign
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30 November 2021
We respond to DVLA's proposals to allow optometrists to complete DVLA medical questionnaires
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29 November 2021
Thomas Harvey Collingridge, MA, HonFCOptom: 1934-2021
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22 November 2021
The College says proposed apprenticeship standard fails to address sector concerns
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10 November 2021
College of Optometrists response to announcement on mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations
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2 November 2021
What's trending in vision sciences?
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29 October 2021
College supports proposal to extend provision of free PPE to optometrists
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20 October 2021
Help spread awareness of contact lens safety this Fright Night
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20 October 2021
Response to making vaccination a condition of deployment in the health and wider social care sector
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