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
• American Optometric Association – Promoting good eye care in the USA, protecting the public

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.