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In conversation with Dr Monicah Bitok, Global Inclusive Eye Health Advisor (CBM)
Eye News spoke to Dr Monicah Bitok, Global Inclusive Eye Health Advisor with the Christian Blind Mission (CBM), about the rise in diabetes-related preventable blindness, systemic ophthalmic changes in low- and middle-income countries, and the impacts of a COVID-19-induced backlog...Primary care optometry poised to help demand on GPs
The 2023 GP Patient Survey (GPPS) published last week shows a decline in the number of patients reporting a good overall experience with their GP practice.Moorfields earns UK’s first UKAS accreditation for ophthalmic and vision science (IQIPS)
The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) has granted the first accreditation for Ophthalmic and Vision Science to Moorfields Eye Hospital. The award was made to the Electrophysiology Department at Moorfields under the Improving Quality In Physical Services (IQIPS) programme.Donation to VCHP marks start of new partnership
30 September 2024
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charity, donations, homeless, Vision Care for Homeless People, The Body Doctor, UK, optometry
Yorkshire eyecare company, The Body Doctor Ltd, has made a generous donation to Vision Care for Homeless People (VCHP) to help the charity improve eye health in the West Yorkshire region. VCHP operates from 10 static clinics across the UK...
Tech supplier search to help tackle 8am rush at GP surgeries
10 November 2023
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NHS England, Digital Pathways Framework, Mark Sayers, digital technology, innovation, Appointments
Tech specialists are being sought to help tackle the 8am rush for appointments at GP surgeries.
‘The Way Forward’ champions clinicians as architects of patient-centred service redesign
1 April 2017
| Rod McNeil
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Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Oculoplastics, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous, AMD, Emergency Ophthalmology
The demographic time bomb poses the dilemma of how more healthcare can be delivered to the UK’s ageing population without commensurate growth in resources. The Way Forward Project provides a robust resource for clinical centres to better identify and implement...
NHS England launches tech trials to boost health and care connectivity
22 August 2023
NHS organisations are being invited to take part in wireless trials to explore how cutting-edge technologies can help improve patient care.
Improving eye care for children with learning difficulties: a view from SeeAbility
Marek P Karas from sightloss charity SeeAbility examines why children with a learning disability do not access the eye care they need and asks how the system needs to change. Children with a learning disability are 28 times more likely...Leicester Community Eye Hospital recognised as ‘Good’
Care and Quality Commission awards CHEC coveted quality rating.Booster accelerates EU-funded projects results to create tangible impact
META Group is proud to announce that Booster has been renewed for another four years, with additional and customised services. Funded by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) and led by META Group, Booster offers a...It’s not all about ARED - Time for a pragmatic approach to nutrition for eye health?
1 April 2016
| Christine Purslow (Prof)
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Cornea / External Eye Disease
Advances in treatment for retinal diseases involving neovascularisation have undoubtedly changed the future of eye care across the UK for the better, but also created great challenges for service delivery in ophthalmology, particularly within the NHS. Some statistics are starting...
Primary eyecare backs the government’s three key shifts in NHS care and calls for urgent implementation in Phase One of the 10 Year Plan
26 November 2024
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optometry, optometrist, ABDO, NHS, primary care, 10 year plan, industry news, response
ABDO, The College of Optometrists and FODO strongly back the government’s three big shifts for the NHS in England: Hospital to community Analogue to digital Sickness to prevention. These go to the heart of what primary eye care is about...