EyePod: The optometry podcast

College Clinical Adviser Denise Voon MCOptom talks to Dr Parth Shah MCOptom, optometrist and sports vision consultant to a Premier League football club, about his career at the intersection of optometry and sport.They discuss how goalkeepers are trained to track and react to the ball, what optometry can bring to professional football, and how the science of sports vision applies in everyday practice.

College Clinical Adviser Denise Voon MCOptom talks to Marsha de Cordova, Labour MP for Battersea, and Shockat Adam, Independent MP for Leicester South, about their work in Westminster advocating for eye care professionals in England.They discuss their connections to eye health, the current challenges facing the sector, and what College members can do to help champion the profession.

College Clinical Advisor Denise Voon MCOptom talks to Dr Louise Gow, Head of Eye Health, Optometry and Low Vision, and Preeti Singla, Optometry and Low Vision Engagement Manager, both at the RNIB.They discuss their work developing the Adult Low Vision Service Quality Framework, which was created to define best practice for low vision services in any setting across the UK.

At the end of another busy year for the College, Clinical Advisers Dr Paramdeep Bilkhu MCOptom and Daniel Hardiman-McCartney FCOptom MBE discuss the main highlights from this year and what we can expect going into 2026.Further information#TheCollegeWrapped: Our achievements from January to March 2025#TheCollegeWrapped: Our achievements from April to June 2025#TheCollegeWrapped: Our achievements from July to September 2025#TheCollegeWrapped: Our achievements from October to December 2025

College Clinical Advisers Denise Voon MCOptom, Dr Paramdeep Bilkhu MCOptom, and Daniel Hardiman-McCartney FCOptom MBE discuss the recent news from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approving the first low-dose atropine treatment for myopia in the UK. They talk about what the news means for optometrists and answer questions from College members. Further informationMyopia managementGuidance for assessing and managing children with myopiaMHRA approves first licensed low-dose atropine treatment for childhood myopia in the UKExpanding Prescribing Scope of Practice - Royal Pharmaceutical Society