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Ocular mucous membrane pemphigoid: the importance of early detection and treatment

1 August 2014 | | Oculoplastics, Orbit
Mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) is an autoimmune blistering disorder that is characterised by subepithelial bullae. The ocular manifestation of MMP, ocular mucous membrane pemphigoid (OMMP), is a sight-threatening condition characterised by conjunctival cicatricial changes associated with corneal vascularisation and scarring....

A brief history of colour vision

1 April 2019 | | Ophthalmology, Optometry
Andrew Want takes a look at how colour vision has evolved in humans and animals and how it differs across species. Colour vision is something that we often take for granted, but it has become so intrinsic to the way...

Broadening of treatment options for potentially blinding retinal conditions

2 August 2022 | | Ophthalmology
Rod McNeil provides an update on a promising bispecific antibody recently approved for treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and diabetic macular oedema (DMO) and considers emerging developments in biosimilars to established anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) therapies, including...

How to consent patients

1 August 2018 | | Ophthalmology
I attended a morning seminar at the recent College Congress in Liverpool about how to properly and legally consent a patient for a procedure. There has been a lot of interest in this of late following the Montgomery ruling, in...

The results of the last survey Feb22

1 February 2022 | | Ophthalmology, Cataract and Refractive
This edition’s survey took a slightly different tack and tried to look at the problems we face in litigation. Litigation is unpleasant. It is horrible being involved in it and the process of litigation can be extremely stressful. From the...

Optimising an acute eye service in the current COVID-19 crisis

5 June 2020 | | Ophthalmology, Optometry, Emergency Ophthalmology, COVID-19
With the current global pandemic of COVID-19 we have all had to redesign and reorganise our normal working practices. Non-urgent hospital work has been postponed to allow redistribution of resources, redeployment of hospital staff and to reduce the risk of...

Optegra launches new junior doctor training

14 December 2023 | RCOphth, private sector, public sector, Cataract surgery, training, education
Eye hospital group Optegra has further increased its support of the NHS with a new training scheme for NHS junior doctors.

Childhood glaucoma

1 February 2019 | | Glaucoma, Ophthalmology, Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
When a child is given a diagnosis of glaucoma, the impact upon that child and their family is enormous; equivalent to the diagnosis of a cancer [14]. This article outlines the knowledge, techniques and approaches that offer solutions to the...

Initiatives in macular service provision

1 December 2015 | | Retina / Uvea / Vitreous
A report from Monitor in October 2015 identifies good practices that will realise most of the potential productivity gain in elective care available to NHS hospitals. These include: stratifying patients by risk and creating low-complexity pathways for lower-risk patients (tailoring...

Email

1 February 2022 | | 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
One of the great disasters of becoming a consultant ophthalmologist is the massive increase in emails that then occurs. Every time I open my inbox in work it seems complete luck whether there are 50 or 90 emails waiting avidly...

“I can see fine. Why do I need my eyes tested?”

2 December 2019 | | Optometry
Are routine eye examinations really necessary? The author asks whether frequent appointments in low-risk patients with normal results are actually cost-effective. It’s recommended that most people should get their eyes tested every two years.” [1] This message is widely publicised...

My Trip to London - A UKISCRS 47th Annual Meeting Review

22 November 2023 | UKISCRS, Trainee, London, Conference, Opinion, Perspective
Arriving in London on a wet Tuesday evening, I disembarked the train and began my expedition through the torrential rain, my drenched suit bag in one hand and my precious poster packaged and clutched to my chest in the other.