Useful links
Professional bodies
- The General Optical Council - Promoting good eye care, protecting the public
- College of Optometrists - The College of Optometrists is the Professional, Scientific and Examining Body for Optometry in the UK, working for the public benefit.
- The Association of Optometrists – Promoting the profession | Protecting the professional.
- Association of Contact Lens Manufacturers - Promoting and growing contact lens wear
- National Health Service - Health, your choices
- NHS Ophthalmic Services - For further information visit the NHS Ophthalmic Services
- The British Contact Lens Association - The UK’s leading supplier of information and education on contact lenses and the anterior eye
- British and Irish Orthoptic Society
- The Royal College of Ophthalmologists
- Moorfield Eye Hospital - The oldest and largest specialist eye hospital in the world
Optical Charities
- Royal National Institute for the Blind - supporting blind and partially sighted people
- Vision Aid Overseas - bring lives into focus
- National Eye Research Centre - funding research into the causes, treatment and prevention of diseases and disabilities of the eye and blindness.
- Action for Blind People - expert national organisation, ensuring blind and partially sighted people receive practical support in all aspects of their lives.
- nRNIB - Royal National Institute of the Blind
- Macular Degeneration Foundation - the leading resource for information concerning Macular Degeneration
- Glaucoma Foundation - Funding Groundbreaking Research and Educating the public about Glaucoma.