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Vabysmo receives NICE approval

27 September 2024 | Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries, Company Profiles, Research & Development
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recently approved Vabysmo▼(faricimab) for treating adults with visual impairment due to macular oedema secondary to branch and central retinal vein occlusion (BRVO and CRVO). The NICE approval of Vabysmo was...

Sister Companies Launch Joint Web Shop

5 December 2024 | Company Profiles, Contracts & Distributors, Research & Development
Leading Volk distributors, Altomed and Mid-Optic, have teamed up to launch a new, user-friendly online shopping experience. Whether you're buying your first Volk lens or expanding your collection, the new web shop offers tools to help you find the perfect...

Haag-Streit ‘Slit Lamp Imaging Competition 2025’ opens for its seventh year

11 April 2025 | Company Profiles, Research & Development
Haag-Streit UK is excited to announce the return of the Haag-Streit annual “Slit Lamp Imaging Competition”, which in previous years has attracted over 1,000 entries from all over the world. Now in its seventh consecutive year, the international competition invites...

Mainline Instruments Announces NHS Approval for iCare DRSplus Fundus Imaging System

23 April 2025 | Company Profiles, Research & Development, Contracts & Distributors
Mainline Instruments is excited to share that the iCare DRSPlus Confocal Fundus Imaging System has received official approval from the NHS for use in the Diabetic Eye Screening (DES) Programme. This recognition follows a rigorous evaluation process, confirming that the...

Advancing Eyecare (AEC) acquires Birmingham Optical Group

8 August 2025 | Company Profiles
Advancing Eyecare (AEC), a leading North American provider of ophthalmic instruments, has acquired Birmingham Optical Group, a top UK supplier of optical equipment and services. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. With over 60 years of industry experience,...

Doctor in the House

4 August 2021 | | EYE - General
“What’s the bleeding time?”“10 past 10 sir”. These are the famous lines uttered by Chief Surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt (James Robertson Justice) and Medical Student Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) on a pre-op ward round at the fictional St Swithin’s Hospital,...

Looking on the brightside: Lord David Blunkett

4 December 2025 | | EYE - General
“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

11 December 2025 | optometry, industry news, leadership
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

19 December 2025 | optometry, services
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

6 February 2026 | optometry
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

1 October 2025 | | conference report, event, meeting
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

26 March 2026 | Company Profiles, Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries, Research & Development
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...