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COVID-related mucormycosis
The authors report a retrospective case-control study of 73 patients with COVID-19 associated mucormycosis (CAM) between 1st March and 30th May 2021. They compared various factors between the two groups – patients who survived CAM (47 [64%]) and those that...Virtual COVID clinics
5 August 2020
| Gwyn Samuel Williams
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EYE - General
The clinics at Ystradgynlais Community Hospital are a little different of late. The nurses are still there, I still get tea with custard creams and the letters I dictate are still all written up by the next day. But there...
Ambitions for sustainable service recovery amidst an escalating post-COVID backlog
5 April 2022
| Rod McNeil, Andrew Tatham
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EYE - General
Rod McNeil reviews plans, activity and solutions to better address the post-COVID backlog and bolster sustainable service recovery. Ophthalmology was the busiest outpatient specialty during the three years to March 2020 across the English NHS and again recorded the highest...
UKISCRS to create series of webinars
9 April 2020
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COVID-19
The first webinar, hosted by Professor David Spalton, will be held today Thursday 9 April, 6-7pm.
Impact of COVID-19 on primary retinal detachments
3 October 2022
| Sofia Rokerya
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EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
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Coronavirus disease 19, Primary retinal detachment, Vitrectomy
This study aimed to describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the presentation characteristics, timings, and surgical decisions for primary rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). The cohort included all patients who presented to a Portuguese centre over a two-year period,...
COVID-19: Pete’s Bogus Journey
6 April 2021
| Peter Cackett
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EYE - General
The author shares his personal experience of contracting coronavirus. I managed to body swerve COVID-19 for nine months. The Pfizer vaccine was being rolled out in my trust. I had my first inoculation booked in three weeks. I had survived...
Mucormycosis: In conversation with Dr Deepak Haldipur and Dr Aditya Moorthy
15 July 2021
| Deepak Haldipur, Aditya Moorthy, Sunil Narayan Dutt (Dr Prof)
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EYE - Orbit, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - General
COVID-19 has ravaged the world in the past 18 months. The second wave in many countries was deadlier than the first. Mucormycosis, infamously labelled ‘the black fungus’ has affected some countries, such as India, in epidemic proportions within this COVID...
Study reveals increase in Charles Bonnet Syndrome symptoms due to COVID-19
12 February 2021
A study published today in BMJ Open Ophthalmology has shown the impact of COVID-19 on those already experiencing vivid hallucinations as a result of Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS).
BCPB chair takes on Everest challenge
1 May 2020
BCPB's Chair, Paul Hunter is climbing Mount Everest at home via his stairs during lock down to raise vital funds for the charity's blindness prevention work.
New Ophthalmic Nurse Triage Course launched
21 September 2021
A new online Ophthalmic Nurse Triage Course has been developed by Stanley Keys, an experienced hospital optometrist based in Inverness and developer of Optometry Evolution (an educational website for eye-care professionals.)
Issues relating to declining numbers of paediatric ophthalmologists
4 December 2023
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
The authors consider the economic decline of paediatric ophthalmology with a discussion of declining interest among medical graduates and in paediatric ophthalmology fellow numbers. Consideration is given to workforce issues in relation to poor revenue and an increase in the...
100% Optical and Optrafair organisers join forces
27 July 2020
From now on there will be one major annual exhibition, 100% Optical at London’s ExCeL exhibition centre, which has full industry support from the FMO and other major optical bodies.
