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Veterans with vision impairment deserve better public transport links says Paisley Councillor

19 May 2023 | Sight Scotland Veterans, VR, SIGHT LOSS, Elderly
Cllr Carolann Davidson, Labour & Cooperative Councillor for Paisley East and Central, recently visited Sight Scotland Veterans’ Hawkhead Centre to see first-hand the great work the charity does in supporting veterans with sight loss.

Refresh for ABDO College common room thanks to Millmead Optical Group

14 August 2023 | ABDO, Millmead Optical Group, College
Students at ABDO College will be able to relax in comfort and enjoy a refreshed common room thanks to Millmead Optical Group.

Ophthalmic surgeon returns to London Marathon after 31 years for Glaucoma UK

30 April 2024 | Glaucoma, charity, event, anniversary, 50th, UK, London, fundraising, i will
Michael Miller, in commemoration of Glaucoma UK's 50th anniversary, has achieved a remarkable feat by completing this year's London Marathon, three decades after he last completed the challenge in 1993, which he also ran in support of the charity.

A curry a day could keep the ophthalmologist away

2 December 2019 | | Ophthalmology
Simerdip Kaur takes a look at the latest ophthalmology-related news stories and asks which are based on facts and which are ‘fake news’. Headline: A curry a day could keep the ophthalmologist away The dietary supplement market is a multibillion-dollar...

Eye Capacity: clinical need should drive ophthalmic service provision

1 February 2014 |
Almost two million people in the UK suffer sight loss, a number forecast to double over coming decades. Major causes of blindness are age-related macular degeneration (AMD), glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, cataract and uncorrected refractive error. Prevalence of these sight-threatening conditions...

Apply now for subspecialty fellowships in Singapore

24 July 2019
The Singapore National Eye Centre is inviting applications for the following clinical fellowships

Glaucoma UK and The Royal College of Ophthalmologists announce research award 2023

15 February 2023
Glaucoma UK and The Royal College of Ophthalmologists are working in partnership to run this prestigious award which has previously funded a range of research topics from prospective stem cell treatments to the use of big data in patient risk stratification.
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Quality of life concerns after uveal melanoma diagnosis

5 August 2020 | | Ocular Pathology and Oncology
The authors sought to investigate factors associated with Quality Of Life (QOL) after initial diagnosis of uveal melanoma (UM) using prospectively collected data between September 2011-May 2016. They included 201 participants referred for radiotherapy after UM diagnosis by an ophthalmic...

Is optician led service an answer to ever increasing demand on eye emergency clinics?

1 April 2015 | | Emergency Ophthalmology
The demand for eye casualty appointments has been steadily increasing in the UK, leading to pressures on the hospital emergency services. The incidence of presentations to eye casualty services has been estimated at 20-30 per 1000 per year [1]. Evidence...

Life as a Global Citizen Consultant Ophthalmologist: a personal view of working in Scotland and Tanzania

3 October 2022 | | Ophthalmology
Global Citizen post - a new challenge I was looking for a new challenge. I had been in the same consultant post with a subspecialty interest in paediatrics and strabismus for 17 years and was rattling around in an empty...

The All Eyes Foundation

3 April 2024 | | Ophthalmology
At its core, All Eyes Foundation (AEF) wishes to help bring vision back to Iraq, and it intends to do this through ophthalmic subspecialty training, mentoring and infrastructure development. Based in Najaf, just over 100 miles south of Baghdad, the...

An update on idiopathic intracranial hypertension

1 August 2017 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology
The incidence of Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is increasing, likely in line with the worldwide epidemic of obesity. To date, there have been revisions in the terminology used and diagnostic criteria for IIH; these recognise the need to exclude secondary...