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Eye News to host educational day focused on AI and new technology

29 October 2019
We’re delighted to announce that we will be hosting a symposium again next year as part of Eyecare 2020.

Entries open for SOC e-poster competition

15 January 2021
The Scottish Ophthalmological Club meeting will take place on 24 February.

OBITUARY: A short tribute to Mike Sanders, Neuro-ophthalmologist

3 October 2022 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology
Mike Sanders was Consultant Neuro-Ophthalmologist at St Thomas’ Hospital and the National Hospital, Queen Square in London, 1969 to 1999. He passed away on 25 July of this year. Over this 30-year period he had huge influence over the evolution...

FMLM Conference 2024

26 March 2024
by Somain Verma, Ophthalmology Registrar (ST2), Northampton General Hospital. Clinical leadership is more important than ever. With an ever-increasingly burdened health system, we must assure that appropriate resources and systems are in place to maintain an effective and efficient health...

The College of Optometrists: Optometry Tomorrow 2024 (incorporating BCLA Focus)

28 April 2024 -29 April 2024
by Claire McLoughlin, PR Manager, College of Optometrists, UK. The College of Optometrists and British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) welcomed around 900 attendees at Optometry Tomorrow 24 – now incorporating BCLA Focus – on 28–29 April. This was the 20th...

Health information should be accessible for blind and partially sighted patients, urges RNIB

17 May 2023 | RNIB, NHS, accessibility
Blind and partially sighted people’s health is being put at risk because they are being denied their right to receive vital patient information in a format they can read.

RNIB and Roche UK launch new eye health audit tool to improve delivery of local eye health services

19 June 2023 | RNIB, Roche UK, audit, eye health, services
Leading sight loss charity RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People) and Roche UK have today launched a new eye health audit tool: Eye Level.

World-class Health Innovation Hub to be built in Govan

21 November 2023 | University of Glasgow, Govan, infrastructure, research, academia, Kadans Science Partner
The University of Glasgow and Kadans Science Partner, supported by Scottish Enterprise, are delighted to announce the construction of a new Health Innovation Hub in Govan, setting the stage for a thriving life sciences cluster in the area.

Streamlining cataract lists: how are you managing it?

1 October 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Cataract and Refractive
Mr Jonathan Ross, in conversation with Ms Bita Manzouri, provides a personal perspective on challenges and opportunities shaping the future of cataract surgery services across the hospital eye service. Redesigning cataract pathways in response to COVID-19 Bita Manzouri: Over the...

External dacryocystorhinostomy in the management of childhood epiphora

1 December 2014 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
Congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction is thought to be caused by a membranous obstruction at the distal end of the nasolacrimal duct (NLD). Rarely, associated midline deformities in soft tissue and bony structures of the face are present in patients with...

Safety and efficacy of a nurse-led intravitreal injection service using an Precivia® injection assist device

1 December 2021 | | Optometry, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Nurse-led intravitreal injections have become of great importance for busy eye units. In this article, the authors present safety data from five years of a nurse-led service with the use of the Precivia® intravitreal injection assist device. Intravitreal injections of...

Developments in oculoplastic surgery

1 June 2018 | | Oculoplastics
A study of NHS practice demonstrated significant patient-reported quality-of-life improvements from commonly performed oculoplastic operations: entropion repair, ectropion repair, ptosis repair and dacrocystorhinostomy (DCR) [1]. In recent years, surgical and non-surgical approaches to functional and aesthetic oculoplastic surgery have advanced...