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Pete's Bogus Journey

Here comes the fear

2 June 2025 | Peter Cackett | EYE - General

“At a cardiac arrest, the first procedure is to take your own pulse” The quote above is the Fat Man’s third law from the book The House of God by Samuel Shem, previously described in the ‘Doctor by the sea’...

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The Culture Section

‘A space that rekindles the fire in my mind’

2 June 2025 | Harpreet Kaur | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea

The end of 2024 offered us many reasons to celebrate, one of which was the eventful, annual UKISCRS conference in London, during which we saw our editor, David Lockington, step into the role of President and lead the society into...

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Features

Danger Zone: Miles Hilton-Barber

2 June 2025 | Peter Cackett | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal

“Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing at all” – Helen Keller, deafblind American author, activist, and disability rights advocate I have always had a thirst for adventure, even if it has been predominantly from the comfort of my...

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Trainees

Learning to see the bigger picture: Reflections from a cataract surgery course in the Middle East

5 June 2025 | Jibran Riaz | EYE - Cataract

Alcon, the Swiss-American company specialising in eyecare equipment, inaugurated their Alcon Experience Centre (AEC) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. AEC is an eye education and training centre for students and eyecare professionals. This is the first AEC catering to the Middle...

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AI & Oculomics

Artificial intelligence and oculomics: Improving global health

2 June 2025 | Charles Cleland, Elliott Taylor | EYE - Imaging

The application of artificial intelligence (AI), and in particular deep learning, to high-resolution ocular imaging has led to many new discoveries, enabling the prediction of multiple different systemic diseases from ocular biomarkers. This emerging field is known as ‘oculomics’ [1]....

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Case Reports

Vision on the line: Managing orbital trauma in a 30-year-old surgeon after a football injury

2 June 2025 | Amelia Dickinson, Gareth Simpkins | EYE - Imaging, EYE - Orbit

Blunt orbital trauma is a common consequence of sports injuries. Although retrobulbar haemorrhage is frequently associated with orbital compartment syndrome (OCS), the severity of clinical signs can outweigh imaging findings. Early recognition and intervention, such as lateral canthotomy and cantholysis...

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Industry News

  • A lifelong commitment to ophthalmology
    Altomed is the largest independent supplier to the UK ophthalmic surgical sector. We manufacture...
  • Haag-Streit Academy to host ‘Improving Outcomes Biometry’ course in September
    Haag-Streit Academy will be hosting their ‘Improving Outcomes’ Biometry courses on Friday 26th &...
  • Haag-Streit UK to move away from NHS Supply Chain
    Haag-Streit UK has announced that they will no longer be working with NHS Supply...
  • Altomed 2025 MST Malyugin Ring Challenge – Winners Announced!
    Thank you to everyone who stopped by the Altomed stand at the recent RCO...
  • RayOne EMV honoured with King’s Award for Enterprise
    Rayner, the UK’s sole manufacturer of intraocular lenses (IOLs) and a global leader in...
  • Mainline Instruments Announces NHS Approval for iCare DRSplus Fundus Imaging System
    Mainline Instruments is excited to share that the iCare DRSPlus Confocal Fundus Imaging System...

Top Tips

Poppers retinopathy: What is it and how do we treat it?

2 June 2025 | Alexander Benson | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal

Poppers retinopathy is a relatively unknown phenomenon which afflicts users of poppers but should be considered as a differential in sudden-onset or sub-acute visual acuity loss – particularly in patients with a history of recreational drug use. Raising awareness of...

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Cybertalk

What's trending Jun/Jul 2025

2 June 2025 | Amit Dhalla | EYE - Orbit, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal

A round-up of the eye-related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #Inspiration #FlyingEyeHospital It was with great sadness that I read about the passing of Dr David Paton at the age of...

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Humanitarian

Eyecare challenges in the Middle East: Priorities of a global ophthalmology task force

2 June 2025 | Fatma Shakarchi, Sila Bal, Joshua R Ehrlich, Marcia Zondervan, Mattan Arazi | EYE - General

Global ophthalmology is a rapidly evolving, multidisciplinary field that integrates clinical practice, research, and policy at national and international levels. One of its main objectives is to improve eyecare equity worldwide by preventing avoidable vision impairment. Since the launch of...

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Interviews

From spine to eye: The benefits of multidisciplinary research

10 April 2025 | Nina Bryant | EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology

What have spinal and vision research got in common? More than you’d think. Dr Richard Eva. Funded by Fight for Sight, Dr Richard Eva came to vision from spinal cord research and is now co-lead on a project related to...

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Events

  • Glaukos Trabecular Micro-Bypass Surgical Masterclass
    Agenda10:00am - Coffee10:30am - Welcome/Introduction to Glaukos Masterclass (Niven Smith)11:00am- Why trabecular bypass? (Mr...
  • SOE 2025
    A Multi-Specialty in-person meeting, delivering a world class scientific programme. Offering symposia, YO sessions,...
  • International Council of Nurses (ICN) 5th Congress
  • Midland Ophthalmological Society Summer Meeting
  • Master Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscopy training course
    Enhance your ophthalmology examination skills with this one-day hands-on training course, led by Dr....
  • SARCS XXIII (State of the Art Refractive and Cataract Surgery) Symposium
    PROGRAM: No Capsule? No Problem! Scleral Sutured IOLsIntra Scleral Haptic Fixation TechniquesIOLs for Direct...
  • ISS (International SPECTRALIS® Symposium) and Beyond
    We are pleased to invite you to the 21st edition of the International SPECTRALIS®...
  • Glaucoma in a Day 2025
    "It is my pleasure to invite you and your team to join us at...

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My Top Five

My Top Five - Social movements changing eyecare awareness

2 April 2025 | U Leo Chanda, Vartika Garg | EYE - General

Throughout recent years, the rise of the digital age has allowed for social movements to receive far greater awareness than was ever deemed possible. As a result, significant attention has been drawn towards initiatives focusing on a range of health...

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Allied Professions

  • Audiology and ophthalmology: A comparative perspective on diagnostics and patient care
    I’m here with Chris Gordon and Anthony Vukic from Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust...
  • Managing an outreach eye service… 8000 miles away!
    In 1997, Paul Rosen, a relatively newly appointed consultant surgeon to the Oxford Eye...

Medico-Legal

The results of the last survey Jun25

2 June 2025 | Amar Alwitry | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea

The first question refers to whether we check blood glucose levels prior to cataract surgery. Almost three quarters of you do which was interesting. We know that poor glycaemic control (manifesting as a raised HbA1c) has implications for wound healing...

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Past events

Tech Reviews

  • Internet security Q&A
    Internet security advice is constantly changing in response to new and evolving threats. For...
  • Useful, interesting, or maybe both
    This column is often, but not always, about ophthalmic tech. This is one of...
  • The future of SLT?
    For Feb/Mar 2024, we are looking at a recently released laser machine to perform...

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News

  • Edinburgh VCHP seeks local volunteers
    Edinburgh’s VCHP clinic is looking for volunteers to keep the Monday morning drop-in sessions...
  • Conference Report: OSI Dry Eye Masterclass & Symposium 2025: A first-hand experience
    The Ocular Surface Insight (OSI) Dry Eye Masterclass & Symposium took place on the...
  • Major grant secured to transform immune cell imaging research
    A research team has been awarded significant funding by the National Institute for Health...
  • College of Optometrists calls for vital community minor and urgent eyecare services to be universally commissioned in England
    Lack of funding threatens commissioning of urgent care eye services in England. The College...
  • I am interested in making my ophthalmology practice sustainable, but where do I start?
    I have yet to meet an ophthalmologist who does not care about a sustainable...
  • Conference Report: ARVO 2025 Annual Meeting
    The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2025 Annual Meeting was held...

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Learning Curve

  • ST3 Trainee experience of cataract surgery training in high flow settings in the independent sector
    As an ST3 trainee, I was provided with the opportunity to complete a surgical...
  • Long way up
    In the first of a series of guest editorials exploring multiple different Learning Curves,...
  • Articles you will never read
    I am sad as this is my last article. The last Learning Curve written...

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