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The College of Optometrists: Online Peer Review 28 Jan 25
28 January 2025
This online peer review session is open to College members and will cover your GOC peer review requirement. It is worth three interactive CPD points. At our online session, you will join a large group for an introduction and then...
The College of Optometrists: Online Peer Review 27 Feb 25
27 February 2025
This online peer review session is open to College members and will cover your GOC peer review requirement. It is worth three interactive CPD points. At our online session, you will join a large group for an introduction and then...
The College of Optometrists: Online Peer Review 12 Mar 25
12 March 2025
This online peer review session is open to College members and will cover your GOC peer review requirement. It is worth three interactive CPD points. At our online session, you will join a large group for an introduction and then...
The College of Optometrists: Online Peer Review 25 Mar 25
25 March 2025
This online peer review session is open to College members and will cover your GOC peer review requirement. It is worth three interactive CPD points. At our online session, you will join a large group for an introduction and then...
Analysis of ‘urgent’ cataract referrals from community optometrists in the West of Scotland
3 June 2021
| Jonathan Nairn, David Lockington
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Ophthalmology, Optometry, COVID-19, EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive
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...
Changing the post cataract surgery review pathway – is patient safety compromised?
Cataract surgery continues to be the most commonly performed elective surgical procedure in the UK, with an annual rate of approximately 4150/100,000 people over the age of 65 accounting for a significant proportion of the surgical workload of most ophthalmologists...Getting one’s eye in
Lisette Bijma, Sister in the Eye Emergency Department at John Radcliffe Hospital, explains how COVID-19 provided a ‘baptism by fire’ and enabled fundamental and positive changes to the running of the department. Five years ago, I arrived in the UK,...Heidelberg Engineering supplies free protective breath shields
9 April 2020
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COVID-19
Heidelberg Engineering has announced that it is shipping protective breath shields free of charge to SPECTRALIS owners in the UK.
Profile of sports-related ocular trauma
7 April 2021
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors conducted a previous study on the epidemiology of sports-related ocular trauma in Quebec. In this study they aim to gather further information on presentation via ophthalmology and emergency departments. They undertook a follow-up study from a tertiary care...
Guideline considerations for management of paediatric traumatic cataract
7 April 2021
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
This study aimed to develop guidelines for preoperative decision-making and perioperative management of paediatric traumatic cataract patients. A 24-question survey was designed to assess surgeon background, preoperative planning and testing, surgical timing, intraoperative techniques and postoperative management. Anonymous responses were...
Detailed overview of diplopia causes and outcomes for a single tertiary care centre
1 December 2021
| Claire Howard
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
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Diplopia, double vision, nerve palsy, ophthalmology
The purpose of this study was to study the aetiology, progression and outcome in patients with binocular diplopia presenting to the ophthalmology department of a tertiary care centre in India. The study had a prospective observational design where all patients...
Care journeys of patients with central retinal artery occlusion
1 June 2022
| Lauren R Hepworth
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
The authors present a retrospective case note review of all adult patients referred for or diagnosed with central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) to a single tertiary hospital over a 10½ year period. A total of 181 patients were included in...