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ABDO launches annual plan for 2024
The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO) has launched its new annual plan, which will guide its work over the coming year on behalf of members.
Orbis named winner of 2023 Amazon Web Services IMAGINE grant for non-profits
Orbis will work with Amazon's cloud computing arm to expand access to artificial intelligence-assisted eye screenings in Asia and Africa.
Most UK doctors experiencing moral distress, survey shows
Nearly four out of five (78%) family doctors across the United Kingdom are experiencing moral distress while caring for their patients.
Report: Ultrasound Course held at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists in London in November
In November, a full-day course was run at the RCOphth in London to introduce basic training in ophthalmic ultrasound. The faculty on the course were: Mr Hatem Atta, Mr Tarek El Kashab and Dr Peter Good.
Quantum technology first in eye disease detection
Scientists are working on a new device that could lead to a reduction in the number of people who go blind from age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers awards 2023 Ruskell Medal for research
The Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers has awarded its prestigious bronze Ruskell Medal for 2023 to Dr Cristina Martinez-Fernandez de la Camara, a senior scientist in the Clinical Ophthalmology Research Group at the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Oxford, for her work on RPGR-associated retinal dystrophy.
Updated MOSUK website
This year marked the 25th anniversary of the Medical Ophthalmology Society UK (MOSUK) meeting, which first took place in 1999 at St Thomas’ Hospital, London.
College insight: RCOphth Annual Congress 2024
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists share with Eye News some insights to 2024's annual congress.
Coventry Community Eye Hospital recognised as ‘Outstanding’
Care and Quality Commission awards CHEC highest possible rating.
Optical Express sponsors Atlantic rowing challenge for dementia research
Optical Express has become the official headline sponsor of a rowing challenge that will see Jason Black (52) and Neil Glover (60) row over 3100 miles across the Atlantic Ocean, in an effort to raise money to fund groundbreaking research into a cure for dementia.
Sight loss charity celebrates World Braille Day with ‘braille name generator’
To mark the celebration of World Braille Day, and the vital importance of braille, the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) is inviting people to request their name in braille.
Two centuries later, braille is still as important as ever, says teenage sight loss campaigner
Braille, the system of raised dots that has enabled blind people to read and write, is as vital as ever, and has adapted to the advances of new technology, says RNIB, Scotland's leading sight loss charity.