News & Views

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News

Can you provide your time for upcoming AACs interviews?

The RCOphth has received requests for advisers to sit on the following consultant advisory appointment committees. Members, with at least one year’s experience as a consultant, are able to support these requests. All interviews will be virtual unless the trust has called for an in-person interview.

Press Release

Glaucoma UK urges people to get their eyes tested amidst sharp rise in glaucoma cases

With the number of people living with glaucoma in the UK expected to increase by almost a third between 2020 and 2035, Glaucoma UK is urging people to get their eyes tested. As part of Glaucoma Awareness Week 2022, which will run from 27 June to 3 July, the charity is highlighting the importance of regular sight tests, commonly referred to as eye tests, with the aim of ending preventable glaucoma sight loss.

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The RCOphth Exams Team is pleased to confirm a partnership with the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO)

The RCOphth Exams Team is pleased to confirm a partnership with the Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) whose National Resource Centre will be the permanent UK host venue for all UK sittings of the Refraction Certificate examination from 2023 onwards. The Refraction Certificate exam will take place at ABDO’s state of the art facilities every May, September and December.

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SAS as educators

The SAS as educators paper, approved at the last Academy Council meeting, has now been published on our website.