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Plymouth VCHP celebrates six months of clinics

27 August 2025 | VCHP, Plymouth, eyecare services, Vision Care for Homeless People, charity
Shared space with a GP surgery, in a dedicated outreach centre, has proved to be a great success for the Plymouth VCHP clinic. Located within the Shekinah Centre in the Stonehouse Creek area, the clinic is within an area with...

STEPPER Eyewear see their funding in action at VCHP

22 September 2025 | eyewear, VCHP, optometrist, Vision Care, charity
STEPPER Eyewear’s ongoing support for Vision Care for Homeless People (VCHP)'s running costs was in evidence in August at the London Crisis Centre, when patients were visiting the clinic for eye examinations and new glasses to be dispensed. STEPPER’s Business...

Deliberate darkness: The systematic weaponisation of blinding in global protests

18 March 2026 | | EYE - General
As eyecare professionals, we spend our entire professional lives fighting to preserve light. We train to master the delicate microscopic topography of the cornea, the retina and the optic nerve, all with the objective of saving our patients from the...

Four pillars: Education

4 August 2025 | | EYE - General
This series explores the four pillars of advanced clinical practice and here, Catherine Garrott explores the pillar of education. Advanced clinical practice applies to all allied healthcare professionals (AHP) in ophthalmology, such as nurses, orthoptists and optometrists. As our roles...

Effects of ‘inverted U method’ Nd:YAG laser posterior capsulotomy on anterior segment and IOL tilt

4 August 2021 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive | capsulotomy, inverted U method, phaco-vitrectomy, posterior capsular opacification, rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
The study aimed to investigate the effects of the ‘inverted U method’ Nd:YAG laser posterior capsulotomy on anterior segment parameters, decentration and tilt of intraocular lens (IOLs) and visual acuity in 76 patients with posterior capsular opacification (PCO) after previous...

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH)

3 June 2021 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - General
IIH is a medical condition where the intracranial pressure (ICP) is raised without an obvious cause. The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is produced in by the choroid plexus in the lateral ventricles and the roof of the third and fourth ventricles,...

Congenital cranial dysinnervation disorders (CCDDs)

3 October 2022 | | EYE - General
The term congenital cranial dysinnervation disorder (CCDD) was introduced by Gutowski et al. in 2003 to describe strabismus conditions that result from developmental error in innervation of some of the extraocular muscles. Examples of these conditions include Duane’s syndrome and...

Regulatory approval for the use of AI as a medical device

2 October 2025 | | EYE - Imaging, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
A study led by researchers at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology examined 36 ‘artificial intelligence as a medical device’ tools approved by regulators in Australia, Europe and the US, identifying that 19% had no published peer-reviewed data...

An optometrist’s view of the Emergency Eye Day

1 October 2017 | | EYE - General
Liverpool is steeped in history, from its mercantile history, home to Cunard and the White Star line, to the Merseybeat and Derek Hatton. Not to be outdone at their annual meeting in the city, the Royal College of Ophthalmologists made...

End stage glaucoma management

1 August 2014 | | EYE - Glaucoma
A 48-year-old female has had multiple drug treatment for glaucoma and is still losing field of vision. How do you manage this over time? This patient is at high-risk for going blind and should be managed aggressively to protect remaining...

It’s not always GCA

7 December 2020 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - General
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an immune mediated granulomatous inflammatory disease that affects muscular middle or large sized arteries. It is considered as a continuation of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) when the severity of the disease has increased. It is the...

Supranuclear ocular motility disorders

1 June 2022 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - General
Figure 1: Bilateral INO Introduction Complex ocular motility disorders are a diagnostic challenge. These patients come with very complex ocular motility presentations and require a careful and detailed assessment in order to find the correct diagnosis and arrange appropriate investigations....