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Course and events
- Back to Basics - Byte sized topics for all
- Cataract Advanced Training with Simulation Course (CATS) 26 November 2026
- Cornea Curriculum Course - 22 & 23 October 2026
- Expanding medical retina capacity through community ophthalmology services in Leicestershire
- Introduction to Ophthalmic Surgery course - 12 November 2026
- Introduction to Ophthalmic Surgery course - 13 November 2026
- Introduction to Ophthalmic Surgery course - 5 October 2026
- Introduction to Ophthalmic Surgery course - 6 October 2026
- Introduction to Ophthalmic Surgery course - 7 December 2026
- Introduction to Ophthalmic Surgery course - 8 December 2026
- RCOphth Winter meeting 7 & 8 December 2026
- Research Changes Lives 12 & 13 October 2027
- SAS 17th National Eye Day
- Specialist Registration via the Portfolio pathway
- Student/ Foundation Doctors Ophthalmology Review Day (SORD/ FORD) Glasgow
- TTT for Supervisors (Supervision of Training in Practice)
- TTT for Supervisors (the Trainee in Difficulty)
Exams
Guidance and resources
- 2022 Census: facing workforce shortages and backlogs in the aftermath of COVID-19
- A four-point plan to strengthen eye care in Wales
- A sustainable ophthalmology workforce
- A sustainable ophthalmology workforce
- A three-point plan to tackle the crisis in eye care in Scotland
- Adult GKC Public Information Leaflet
- Adult gonococcal eye infection study protocol
- Age-related macular degeneration data set
- APPG for Health: Inquiry on Improving Access to Primary Care
- Artificial intelligence in ophthalmology
- Blueprint for cataract training in the independent sector: guidance for providers and trainers
- BOSU phase 1 form
- Building an integrated, rules-based medtech pathway
- Bye-Laws
- Call to evidence for 10 Year Workforce Plan
- Cataract national data set
- Cataract surgery in patients living with dementia
- Cataract training in the independent sector: 2023 update
- Cataract training in the independent sector: 2024 update
- Cataract training in the independent sector: 2025 update
- Cataract workforce calculator
- Changes in NHS cataract surgery in England 2016-2021: an analysis of national, regional and independent sector trends
- Checklist for consultant appointments
- Checklist for specialist grade ophthalmologist appointments
- Checklist for specialty doctor appointments
- Commissioning age related macular degeneration services
- Corneal cross-linking data set
- Correct IOL implantation in cataract surgery
- Cynllun pedair rhan i gryfhau gofal llygaid yng Nghymru
- Day one post-operative review in modern vitrectomy surgery
- Designing glaucoma care pathways using Glauc-Strat-Fast
- Deterioration in sight due to delay Public Information Leaflet
- Deterioration in Sight due to delay Study Protocol
- DfT mandatory eyesight testing
- DHSC’s Never Events framework
- Diagnostic pathway following child vision screening
- Digitally optimising eye care referrals in West Yorkshire
- Emergency Eye Care Commissioning Guidance
- Emergency eye care in hospital eye units
- Expanding community ophthalmology services and workforce in Leicestershire
- Extending medicines for optometrists
- Eye Care in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
- Eye drops instillation by unregistered HCPs
- Genomics services
- Glaucoma procedure data set
- Guidance for specialist doctors job descriptions
- Guidance on consultant job descriptions
- Guidance on specialty doctors job descriptions
- Handheld Laser Injuries Public Information Leaflet
- Handheld Laser Injuries Study Protocol
- Higher flow any complexity cataract guidance
- HSCC workforce: recruitment, training and retention
- Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine retinopathy monitoring
- Idiopathic epiretinal membranes
- Idiopathy full thickness macular holes
- Intravitreal Injection Therapy
- Intravitreal injection therapy resources
- Jan 2023 response to NHS Payment Scheme consultation
- Joint RCOphth and UKEGS Glaucoma Risk Stratification Tool
- Labour Party National Policy Forum: Securing NHS eyecare services that meet future patient need
- Laser vision correction
- Local anaesthesia for ophthalmic surgery
- Low Vision: the essential guide for ophthalmologists
- Macular hole surgery data set
- Management of angle closure glaucoma
- Management of strabismus in childhood
- Managing an outbreak of postoperative endophthalmitis
- Managing nystagmus in childhood
- Measuring levels of harm in an ophthlamic setting
- MHRA call for Evidence on the Regulation of AI in Healthcare
- National Screening Committee AI in diabetic eye screening
- NHS Digital’s Commissioning Data Set Version 6.3
- NHS England in school eye testing in special schools
- NHS England's payment scheme consultation
- NHSE Transformation of urgent and emergency care
- Ophthalmic imaging
- Ophthalmic pathology
- Ophthalmic services for children
- Optimising eye care referrals in London
- Ordinances
- Outpatients safe and efficient processes
- PCIOL Study Public Information Leaflet
- PCIOL Exchange Study protocol
- Phakic intraocular lens implantation
- Pioneering high-volume bilateral cataract surgery in Tayside
- Post-operative macular oedema (PMO)
- Professional standards for refractive surgery
- Proposed amendments to the 2023/25 NHS Payment Scheme
- Public Accounts Committee Cost of clinical negligence inquiry
- Recommendations on intravitreal injections consent
- Redesigning consultant-led glaucoma clinics in Sunderland
- Referral pathways for ocular tumours
- Refractive lens exchange
- Refractive surgery checklist for patients
- Refractive surgery data set
- Reimagining macular referrals in Bristol
- Representation to HM Treasury Autumn Budget 2025
- Abusive head trauma and the eye
- Response to 2025 Spending Review
- Response to COVID-19 Inquiry: Module 3
- Response to DHSC consultation on reforming the GMC legislative framework
- Response to Healthcare Improvement Scotland standards for cataract surgery
- Response to HEE Strategic Framework 2021 Call for Evidence
- Response to Inquiry into Ophthalmology services in Wales
- Response to PAC on managing NHS backlogs and waiting times
- Retinal detatchment data set
- Retinal vein occlusion guideline
- Role of the eye clinic in clinical assessment, investigation, diagnosis, and initial management of paediatric cerebral visual impairment
- Roles within the refractive surgery team
- Royal Charter
- Scottish Govt Future Medical Workforce call for evidence
- Second response to NHS payment scheme
- Senedd Health and Social Care Committee on inquiry report
- Serum eye drops for severe ocular surface disease guideline
- Shifting ophthalmology-led care from hospital to community settings
- Standardisation of electronic health records in eye care
- Strabismus data set
- Summary of RCOphth 2024 clinical leads survey
- Guidance on sustainable cataract surgery
- Guidance on sustainable cryotherapy
- Guidance on sustainable oculoplastic surgery
- Guidance on sustainable practice in ophthalmology
- Sympathetic Ophthalmia Study Protocol
- Transforming eye care delivery in Devon
- Treatment of retinopathy of prematurity in the UK
- Updated blueprint for cataract training in the independent sector: guidance for providers and trainers
- Uveitis data set
- Workforce: prevalence of eye conditions
News
- 2025 Honorary Fellows announced
- 2025 President election result
- Winner of the Dr Sadhu Ram Gupta MBE Award announced
- 2026 Essay Prize now open
- AMD audit results highlight the increasing pressure on AMD services in the UK
- Annual Congress: Check out the chairs’ highlights
- Ceremony honours candidates joining specialty at ‘a genuinely exciting time’
- Chandra Award winner announced
- College advises eclipse watchers against looking directly at the sun
- College calls for urgent action on ophthalmology services in Scotland and Wales
- College comment on the Public Accounts Committee enquiry on NHS waiting times
- College highlights concerns at Welsh Government’s inquiry response
- College joins campaign to champion SAS doctors
- College leads call for standardised electronic health records
- College promotes call for clinical researchers
- College reflects on BMJ findings
- College shop open for business
- College statement on CHPI report on outsourcing of NHS cataract care to the private sector
- College welcomes changes to ophthalmology tariffs
- College welcomes NHS guidance on AMD treatments
- College welcomes recognition of ophthalmology training challenges in NHS England review
- Exploring new AMD treatment guidance
- Eyes wide open: looking towards the future of AI in ophthalmology
- Faces of Ophthalmology: Dr Vickie Lee
- Have your say on new consensus guideline
- Increase in training places creates opportunity to tackle ophthalmology workforce shortages
- Influencing and advocating – our spring round-up
- Inquiry recommends welcome action to improve Welsh ophthalmology services
- International collaboration for UK guideline development
- Join our AGM 2026
- Latest audit figures show improved outcomes of cataract procedures
- Meet the Honorary Fellows 2026
- New BOSU study opened
- New clinical framework supports better glaucoma care
- New Concise Practice Points now available
- New HFAC guidance published
- New lead for AMD audit
- New lead for NOD cataract audit
- New resources to support the implementation of biosimilars in ophthalmology
- Obituary: Professor William R Lee CBE
- #OphthalmologyFaces: Anthony Khawaja
- #OphthalmologyFaces: David Lockington
- #OphthalmologyFaces: Dilani Siriwardena
- #OphthalmologyFaces: Mariya Moosajee
- Our response to the 10 Year Health Plan
- Our response to the Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
- Our response to the new NHS England demographics data
- Part 2 FRCOphth Written Examination – technical issue
- Please share your views on proposed improvements to the OST curriculum
- Policy roundup: April 2025
- Policy roundup: August and September 2025
- Policy roundup: February 2025
- Policy roundup: January 2025
- Policy roundup: July 2025
- Policy roundup: June 2024
- Policy roundup: June 2025
- Policy roundup: June 2025
- Policy roundup: March 2025
- Policy roundup: May 2024
- Policy roundup: May 2025
- Policy roundup: November 2025
- Policy roundup: November and December 2024
- Policy roundup: October 2024
- Policy roundup: October 2025
- Policy roundup: September 2024
- President election 2025 – update
- Royal College of Ophthalmologists signs up to support UKNEHS
- SAS doctors – unsung heroes of the NHS
- Seven reflections on the 10 Year Health Plan
- Statement by the Responsible Officer for the President Election
- Study bursary opportunity for ophthalmologists in training
- Support for academic research in ophthalmology
- The College and members in the news
- The College and members in the news
- The College and members in the news
- The College in the news
- The future of glaucoma care
- The Keeler Scholarship 2025 has been awarded to Edward Botcherby
- Tribunal dismisses claim against College
- Update to the NOD Cataract Audit Outliers Policy
- Updated guidance for independent sector cataract training published
- We’re supporting the call for research to be kept at the heart of the NHS
- Zakarian Award 2025/26 winners announced
- Zakarian Awards 2026 opens to fund early-career ophthalmology research