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Haag-Streit Academy to host an ‘iTrack Advance Masterclass’

20 April 2023 | Company Profiles, Research & Development
Haag-Streit UK is delighted to confirm the launch of the iTrack Advance Masterclass. This will take place at Vision Engineering Headquarters, Woking on Friday 28th July 2023.

Part 1: The Arclight Project – Frugal tech for sight

3 April 2024 | | Ophthalmology
Click here for Part 2 on this topic, and here for Part 3 The Arclight Project is a mix of frugal design, manufacturing, distribution, teaching, research, and advocacy, all wrapped up in a social enterprise based at the University of...

My work experience with Great Ormond Street Hospital Young Persons’ Advisory Group for Research

11 June 2021 | | Ophthalmology, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Imaging, ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
For my school work experience I had the amazing opportunity to attend and work with the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Young Persons’ Advisory Group for research (YPAG) (Figure 1). The GOSH YPAG is a group of young people aged...

Developing community eye care: the GOS package in Scotland

1 December 2018 | | Optometry
In the second in the series about community eye care in the home nations, Janet Pooley explains how Scotland has developed its services within GOS. The United Kingdom has devolved healthcare; the powers were transferred from Westminster to Scotland and...

Eye Diseases in Hot Climates (Fifth Edition)

1 April 2016 | | AMD, Cataract and Refractive, Cornea / External Eye Disease, Emergency Ophthalmology, Genetics, Glaucoma, Imaging, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Oculoplastics, Ocular Pathology and Oncology, Ophthalmology, Optometry, Orbit, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus, Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
This book focuses on diseases and associated issues causing visual impairment and blindness in the low socio-economically developed parts of the world. The majority of these are preventable and treatable. The earlier chapters cover basic anatomy and physiology, pharmacology and...

Chief optometric advisor letter to optometry sector: update on undergraduate optometry degree reforms

11 October 2023 | Janet Pooley, optometry, optometrist, GOC, NHS, NES, Scottish Government
Dr Janey Pooley, Chief Optometric Advisor to the Scottish Government, releases an update on progress of the reforms to the undergraduate optometry degree model in Scotland.

Surgitrac is not just Instruments.

18 January 2024 | Company Profiles, Research & Development
Look no further for cataract products. Surgitrac Instruments UK provides an impressive selection of essential products for cataract surgery.

GREG: Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Qualifications – March 2025 cohort application deadline

24 January 2025
Gloucestershire Research & Education Group in Partnership with the University of Gloucestershire are pleased to provide both the Cert HE in OCT Capture and the Uni Dip in OCT Interpretation. The deadline for the March 2025 cohort applications is 24th January 2025. These qualifications have been designed to meet the needs of routine operators of OCT equipment and interpreters of OCT scans. For further information visit www.gregcourses.com

How to nearly (but not quite) get into ST1 ophthalmology training – some reflections

1 February 2022 | | Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology is often considered to be an elite, highly competitive specialty, with little room for failure. Candidates and trainees tend to cultivate a certain urbane and confident style, and the bottleneck at ST1 can feel rather intense. The majority of...

The approach to angle-closure glaucoma

1 October 2016 | | Glaucoma
Further to my last article in Eye News (print issue) describing the diagnostic approaches to various clinical scenarios in glaucoma, the approach to angle-closure glaucoma (ACG), a situation terrifying for patient and registrar alike, will be discussed. Please refer to...

ISD-DE (International Society of Dacryology and Dry Eye) Meeting 2024

29 May 2024 -31 May 2024
by Jane Olver, FRCS FRCOphth, President ISD-DE and 2024 London Meeting Organiser, owner and Medical Director, Consultant Oculoplastic Surgeon, Clinica London. The International Society of Dacryology and Dry Eye (ISD-DE) 2024 update course and scientific meeting ran between 29, 30...

Management of squint with near-distance angle disparity

5 February 2020 | | Ophthalmology, Cataract and Refractive
These are a group of strabismus disorders where the angle of misalignment is different between near and distance. The focus of this article will be on the patients where the angle for near exceeds the distance angle by more than...