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Working smarter not harder: How to transform eyecare delivery in the United Kingdom (part 2)

1 February 2022 | | EYE - General
Are we doing enough to meet the current demands on ophthalmic services? In part two of a two-part series (see Part 1 here), Rosalind Harrison explains how efficiency can be improved by setting up eye services in community hubs. The...

Protecting retinal ganglion cells

1 August 2017 | | EYE - Glaucoma
Glaucoma is considered to be a heterogeneous group of conditions giving retinal ganglion cells (RGC) damage. Lowering intraocular pressure (IOP) reduces the risk of progressive RGC loss in glaucoma. Regeneration of the optic nerve has been shown to restore some...

Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy: from lab to clinic

1 October 2016 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology | Hereditary optic neuropathy, Leber hereditary optic neuropathy, mitochondrial optic neuropathy, optic neuropathy
Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) was the first clinically described mitochondrial disorder (1871). This article reviews the pathophysiology and clinical features of LHON with a focus on translational research. G11778A is currently the most common mutation worldwide and is associated...

Does paediatric uveitis reactivate after treatment with anti-TNF-a drugs?

1 June 2015 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
As a potentially blinding disease that can affect 7-27/100000 children, uveitis remains a rare condition, where little evidence based data is available to guide management decisions. Most paediatric uveitis cases are chronic, anterior and non-infectious and may be associated with...

Canon Medical announces Sense Medical as new UK distributor

25 January 2023 | Contracts & Distributors
Canon Medical Systems Europe today announced that it has signed an agreement with Sense Medical to be the official exclusive distributor of their ophthalmic eye care products within the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Scope Eyecare announces winners of Independent Prescriber Bursary Awards 2023

14 July 2023 | Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries, Company Profiles, Recruitment & Personnel
The final of the 2023 SCOPE IP Bursary Awards took place on Thursday 29 June 2023. The award, now in its second year, attracted many entries the quality of which were extremely high.

College announces official partners for Optometry Tomorrow 2026

28 October 2025 | The College of Optometrists, Annoucement, optometry, events, education
New partnerships will further expand the flagship conference’s renowned learning programme for 2026’s delegates. The College of Optometrists has today announced that the Association of British Dispensing Opticians, Royal College of Nursing and Royal College of Ophthalmologists will be its...

Heidelberg Engineering’s Tosh Vadhia announced as new ambassador for Orbis UK

2 January 2026 | charity, international, industry news
Tosh Vadhia, Head of Global Accounts at Heidelberg Engineering joins blindness prevention charity Orbis to help raise awareness of avoidable sight loss. Through Tosh Vadhia’s support, Heidelberg Engineering has played a key role in supporting Orbis’s mission to end avoidable...

Half of blind and partially sighted people fear being left stranded at train stations

3 February 2026 | charity, patient stories
More than half of blind and partially sighted people fear being stranded, stressed and disoriented during train journeys due to the unpredictability of their experiences with rail passenger assistance. New research from the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB)...

Orbital airgun pellet injuries: A paediatric case pair

10 December 2025 | | EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics
Airgun injuries to the eye and orbit can be visually devastating. The pellet need not impact the globe directly to cause visual loss, as the cone shaped orbit may funnel the projectile into the orbital apex and optic nerve. We...

Feb/Mar 2015 Quiz 1

1 February 2015 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
A 79-year-old male presented to the ophthalmic emergency department with a three week history of left eye pain. He also reported visual deterioration in the left eye over the same period. He suffered from degenerative myopia, with his spectacle prescription...

The role of aspirin in the treatment of NAION: Benefits and controversies

4 December 2024 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
Non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAION) is the most common acute optic neuropathy in individuals over 50 with estimated prevalence of 2–10 per 100,000 people, characterised by sudden, unilateral vision loss due to ischaemic injury to the optic nerve head....