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Celebrating volunteer ophthalmic nurses on #InternationalNursesDay

12 May 2022
Eye News and eye care charity Orbis celebrate volunteer ophthalmic nurses who worked on the frontlines during the pandemic.

A missed opportunity

1 February 2019 | AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Optometry, Ophthalmology, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Back in 2000 Sir Liam Donaldson wrote a piece of work commissioned by the then Secretary of State for Health entitled “An Organisation with a Memory”. We are now 18 years on and still some of the recommendations from them...

Long way up

3 February 2023 | | AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Oculoplastics, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
In the first of a series of guest editorials exploring multiple different Learning Curves, Francis Sanders ruminates on motorcycling and environmental guilt. As an avid motorcyclist, I was naturally drawn to the relatively recent sequel series from Ewan McGregor and...

The management of watery eye in an infant with facial dysmorphism

1 April 2015 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
A six-month-old child with facial dysmorphism is brought to the eye clinic with history of watery right eye since birth. How will you manage this child? Causes for watery eye in an infant 1. Overproduction of tears a. Infections b....

Development of paediatric ophthalmology services in Malawi: the VISION 2020 LINK between Blantyre and Glasgow

5 August 2020 | | Ophthalmology, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Cataract and Refractive
A VISION 2020 LINK was established in 2005 between the Lions Sight First Eye Hospital (LSFEH) in Blantyre, Malawi (part of the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital) with Glasgow’s Royal Hospital for Children to help to develop a paediatric ophthalmic service...

In conversation with Christopher Liu OBE

1 June 2018 | | AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
Eye News caught up with Christopher Liu following his recent appointment by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for Services to Ophthalmology. Christopher Liu OBE. Congratulations on your recent...

WHO SPECS 2030: a global initiative to strengthen refractive error services

3 June 2024 | | Ophthalmology
Globally, it is estimated that only around one-third of people with vision impairment due to refractive error have received access to a quality pair of spectacles [1]. In recognition that uncorrected refractive error is the leading cause of vision impairment...

Glaucoma: 30 years on

30 November 2023 | | Glaucoma, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
Back in 1993, the late and great Barry Cullen FRCS (Cavan born, Dublin trained), the first editor of Eye News, asked me to write an article about the current treatment of chronic open angle glaucoma (COAG). At the time I...

Analysis of ‘urgent’ cataract referrals from community optometrists in the West of Scotland

3 June 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Cataract and Refractive, Optometry, COVID-19
As elective cataract services restart post-COVID, how do we establish which patients should be a priority? The authors share their findings from a review of ‘urgent’ referrals received by the ophthalmology department in NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde. The COVID-19...

What's trending Dec/Jan 2022

1 December 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, Imaging
A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #eyetrackingtechnology #assitivetechnology #gaming Modern eye trackers often rely on electronic specialist hardware that continuously scan the the pupil and reflections from...

My experience of the transition into a specialist orthoptist role

1 August 2018 | | Optometry, Ophthalmology, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
Michelle Dent discusses the process of transitioning into a new role and the pros and cons along the way. An opportunity arose for a permanent, full time, band 7 specialist role in the medical retina (MR) team in the Newcastle...

Oculogyric crisis with B12 deficiency

1 June 2022 | | Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Imaging
An oculogyric crisis (OGC) is a dystonic movement disorder of the eyes which can last from seconds to hours. Although there is no published diagnostic criteria for OGC, typically the onset is acute, and it is characterised by conjugate upward...