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Looking on the brightside: Lord David Blunkett

“I can hear people smile” As a young adult in the 1980s and 1990s I gradually became more politically informed with occasional forays into BBC’s Question Time. In doing so, I learnt of the rise of politician David Blunkett, a...

OSA chair passes to a delighted James Conway

Longstanding OSA Director James Conway is delighted to have been appointed as the new OSA Chair, following the retirement of Roy Stoner after a three-year tenure. The OSA’s AGM and Christmas lunch at the Bloomsbury Hotel, London, saw Roy pass...

College comments on the DHSC’s update on GOS sight test fees for England and clinical placement training payments for 2025/2026

This week, the Department of Health and Social Care published details of its confirmed NHS sight test fee and NHS domiciliary fees from 1 April 2025, continuing professional development payments for 2024, and clinical placement training payments from 1 April...

Marsha de Cordova MP presented with an Honorary Fellowship of The College of Optometrists

This week, The College of Optometrists formally presented Marsha de Cordova MP with an Honorary Fellowship at the College’s headquarters in London. Marsha de Cordova is the Labour MP for Battersea, a former Lambeth Councillor and a longstanding champion of...

Conference Report: Retina UK 2025

The Retina UK Annual Conference 2025 took place at the Holiday Inn London in London, UK, on 20 September and was hosted both in-person and online. The event included expert speakers, healthcare professionals, and patients with lived experience with retinal...

Book your HS-UK equipment demonstration now for the 2026 RCOphth Annual Congress

Haag-Streit UK is excited to be exhibiting at the RCOphth Annual Congress 2026 on 18th-21st May at Manchester Central. Visit stand F40 to see key products from the HS-UK portfolio, including the new Elara slit lamp and the METIS 900...

#KnowYourDrops: breaking down barriers to poor compliance

Award-winning* #KnowYourDrops eye drop compliance campaign helps patients for World Glaucoma Week to achieve medicines optimisation in ophthalmology. The #KnowYourDrops campaign is fast becoming an internationally recognised model to help support healthcare professionals, with the provision of better tailored ophthalmic...

Contemporary glaucoma therapy: spoilt for choice

The goal of glaucoma management is to prevent visual loss and disease progression in the patient’s lifetime through effective lowering of intraocular pressure (IOP), the primary modifiable risk factor in glaucoma. Sustained and consistent IOP reduction is key to halting...

Childhood glaucoma

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 previously published article (2019) outlines the knowledge, techniques and approaches that offer...

How to diagnose and treat Acanthamoeba keratitis

Corneal ulceration caused by Acanthamoeba is on the rise, and recent publications indicate an outbreak in the UK over the last few years [1]. Since Acanthamoeba keratitis often presents with atypical features, diagnosis from slit-lamp examination alone can often be...

What's trending Aug/Sep 2018

A round-up of the eye related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #QueenElizabeth #cataract It is well and truly summer! Queen Elizabeth was spotted in her sunnies during recent events, not just...

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Neovascular Glaucoma in a Patient with Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia

An 84-year-old Caucasian male attended eye casualty with a four month history of reduced vision, a dull ache and photophobia in both eyes. He had also reported dizziness, weakness and intermittent epistaxis in the nine months prior to presentation. There...