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Haag-Streit UK appoints a new Clinical Training Manager

20 February 2023 | Recruitment & Personnel
Haag Streit UK is pleased to announce the appointment of Doreen Agyeman in the role of Clinical Training Manager.

Part 1: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Edinburgh Visits Ethiopia with Orbis

13 October 2023 | Ethiopia, Orbis, HRH, Charity, Highness, Duchess, IAPB
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Edinburgh, visited services protecting the vision of children and adults in Hawassa, Ethiopia, with international eyecare charity Orbis.

Haag-Streit Academy celebrates 10 years of first class clinical CPD-accredited training

26 March 2024 | Company Profiles, Recruitment & Personnel, Research & Development
Haag-Streit UK is pleased to celebrate 10 years of providing high quality slit lamp, biometry and perimetry training. In 2014, the Haag-Streit Academy was born, with the launch of the first ‘Improving Outcomes’ biometry course.

RCOphth (The Royal College of Ophthalmologists) Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery

27 September 2024
This one day intense simulation-based surgical training course for manual small incision cataract surgery covers all the crucial steps needed for competence in a cataract procedure which is safe, suitable and sutureless for mature and brunescent cataracts. It is the...

GREG (Gloucestershire Research & Education Group): Advanced Grading in Diabetic Retinopathy (DR)

19 November 2024 -20 November 2024
This course has been designed to develop students’ knowledge further in the intricacies of diabetic retinopathy grading, to include ROG and arbitration. It consists of two days face-to-face training. We include lectures exploring patients with more complex needs and non-routine pathology. The course provides the grader with the opportunity to make clinical decisions and discuss outcomes. The teaching is provided by Gloucestershire Research & Education Group and participants will receive an in-house certificate from the Gloucestershire Research & Education Group, on successful completion.

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1 April 2015 | | AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
When I was starting off in ophthalmology my then boss had a standard spiel after completing a cataract case. It did not vary and I do not recall an instance of it not taking place. “The operation went well and...

A Nightmare on Doctor Street: Two

4 October 2023 | | Ophthalmology
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the clinic room… The quote below comes from Rudy Baylor, a graduate fresh out of law school and recruited by a ruthless ambulance chaser in the legal drama movie,...

The challenges of rural optometry and how independent prescribing has helped

1 February 2017 | | Optometry
Why move from a busy professional independent Aberdeen optometry practice over 200 miles to one of the most remote places in the United Kingdom? I could talk about the professional challenge of supporting a rural community, or the chance to...

The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health: vision beyond 2020

2 August 2022 | | Ophthalmology
Introduction The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health was published in 2021 [1]. Drawing on expertise from within and outside the eye health sector, the Commission set out to: inform governments and other stakeholders about the path forward...

My top five: Uses of artificial intelligence in ophthalmology

3 August 2023 | | Ophthalmology
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a prominent topic of discussion within the field of ophthalmology, captivating researchers and practitioners alike. Although recent attention has been drawn to the integration of AI in ophthalmology, it’s important to recognise that AI...

AI & Oculomics: a new section for Eye News

2 February 2024 | | Ophthalmology
Inaugurating this new regular section on the exciting landscape of AI and oculomics, we provide an overview which delves into the historical context and the etymology of this field, reviews the current state of play and contemplates possibilities and hopes...

Optical practices to continue to provide urgent and essential care

25 March 2020 | COVID-19
The UK Government has now published further guidance clarifying that opticians are exempt from the general requirement for retail businesses and premises to close. Optical practices may therefore continue to provide urgent and essential eye care to the extent that they can, including remote care, while managing COVID-19 risk to keep patients, staff and the public as safe as possible.