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Introducing the Royal College of Nursing Ophthalmic Nursing Forum

4 February 2025 | Tendai Gwenhure | 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

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) represents nurses and nursing. While the terms ‘nurses’ and ‘nursing’ are used generically, membership is inclusive of a variety of clinical roles, including midwives, advanced nurse practitioners, advanced clinical practitioners, nurse consultants, registered nursing...

Modern practice options for UK ophthalmologists

4 December 2024 | Romesh Angunawela | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General

When I spoke on setting up private practice at the annual United Kingdom & Ireland Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (UKISCRS) meeting in November ’23 there was a lot of interest in different types of practice models. If we...

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How to get a trainee from 0 to 600 cataracts in two years: Perspectives from the trainee and the trainer

4 December 2024 | Anna Song, Pei-Fen Lin | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive

Trainee’s perspective I remember my first day as an ST1 at Moorfields Eye Hospital in Croydon. I was in theatre for a cataract list, and the challenges were numerous. From draping to hydrating the wound, it was all completely new...

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Planes, trams, and auditoriums: Beware predatory conferencing

4 December 2024 | Rod McNeil | 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

Predatory open-access journals and predatory conferences are considered the two main areas of predatory infiltration in academic medicine that are of growing concern [1–7]. Unsolicited publishing requests from potentially predatory publishers occur frequently among faculty in ophthalmology [8]. Predatory conferencing...

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See sweet to C-suite: Peter Holland

4 December 2024 | David Lockington | 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

See also - See sweet to C-suite: Imran Rahman In this three-part conversation series, Co-editor David Lockington speaks with highly influential individuals about their journey to the top, with advice for the next generation of leaders. Part One: David speaks...

The sexist lens addressing cataract-induced blindness in women

3 October 2024 | Jaskaran Singh, Gwyn Samuel Williams | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive

Ninety percent of the world’s blind population resides in low-income, developing countries [1]. The primary cause of their blindness is cataract, a condition that is easily treatable and unnecessary. A cataract is the clouding of the eye’s lens, often resulting...

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How effective is nurse-led telephone preassessment for cataract surgery?

25 July 2023 | Colver Ken Howe Ne, Tabitha Kusi-Yeboah, Madhavan S Rajan | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive

Cataract surgery is the most frequently performed surgical procedure in the UK [1]. The demand for cataract surgery is projected to increase with ageing population, and the recent pandemic has further contributed to the extended waiting times in the UK....

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Passing the Refraction Certificate as a Foundation doctor

3 April 2023 | Tsz Lun Ernest Wong, Samantha S Mann, Zaria Ali | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General

Application for ophthalmic specialist training (OST) is competitive. This means you should consider making every effort to maximise your portfolio points, as it may have a significant contribution to your OST application ranking. The “Commitment to Specialty” section is the...

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Blame the lens – not its position – in refractive surprise

3 February 2023 | Josephine A Bates, Simon N Madge | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General

Aetiology of postoperative refractive surprise Weber coined the term “wrong eye, wrong intraocular lens, wrong patient” in 2008 as an aide memoir of major factors believed to underlie refractive surprise – defined as a significant unintended difference between dioptric refraction...

Diagram showing preliminary results from single-centre observational study evaluating intracameral Mydrane for phacoemulsification cataract surgery in high volume theatre lists. 

Improving cataract efficiency: insights and learnings from expert practitioners

1 December 2022 | Rod McNeil, Qasim Mansoor, Alexander Ionides | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - General

An evening surgical meeting sponsored by Théa Pharmaceuticals Ltd brought together leading experts to share insights and experience on practice strategies to enhance the efficiency of cataract surgery. Streamlining patient flow to optimise capacity and efficiency Qasim Mansoor, Consultant Ophthalmic...

Bar chart showing outcomes of enhanced cataract referrals.

Pathway innovations to address cataract services post-COVID-19

1 June 2022 | Sam Evans, Tine Jacobs, Hari Kaneshayogan, Leo Feinberg, Conor Ramsden | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive

Background The demand for cataract services prior to the COVID-19 pandemic was already recognised to be high and growing - in the face of an ageing population and reduced surgical thresholds. When added to the growth in demand for ophthalmic...

The increased use of surgical adjuncts in complex cataract surgeries undertaken in the COVID-19 pandemic

5 April 2022 | Iain Davidson, Alan Rotchford, David Lockington | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive

The authors explore whether more complicated cataract operations have been performed in the NHS since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Restrictions in availability of access to elective cataract surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent case prioritisation based on...

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