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Haag-Streit announces global launch of Elara 900 and Refractor 900 at ESCRS 2025

7 October 2025 | Company Profiles, Research & Development
Bishop’s Stortford, UK – 12th September 2025 – Haag-Streit UK (HS-UK), the leading manufacturer and distributor of gold-standard diagnostic and surgical devices and instruments for ophthalmologists, optometrists, and orthoptists, is proud to announce the global launch of two new innovations:...

UKISOP and the allied health professions

3 April 2024 | | EYE - General
In ophthalmology practice today there is a vast number of training and educational opportunities for staff from all professional backgrounds. The key is to use your study leave and funding wisely! In the first of this series of articles, signalling...

The art of giving generous grains

3 April 2024 | | EYE - General
On the drive home, after a long day of eye screening patients in homeless shelters, I would pass through the boroughs, towns and villages of east London. Stopping at the soup kitchen, I would meet Christian with heavy cataracts, and...

Santorini sunlight!

2 October 2025 | | EYE - General, EYE - Cornea
In the heart of London, Hollywood icon Keanu Reeves attended his inspiring book launch event held at the Royal Festival Hall, later followed by a book signing at Waterstones in Piccadilly, London. Ticket holders included ladies from the Literacy Ladies...

Blind gaming group levels up at five years

10 December 2025 | patient stories, technology, services
A community of gamers with sight loss from across Scotland and Northern Ireland says its network is thriving as it marks its fifth anniversary. Formed during the pandemic lockdown in November 2020, as part of RNIB’s community work, the group...

What intentional eyecare looks like: Lessons from Aravind Eye Hospital

12 December 2025 | | EYE - General
Jet-lagged, following 24 hours of travel from Boston, sweat rolled down my forehead only to return moments after I had wiped it away. Even the English signs seemed suddenly indecipherable in the humid midday heat of Pondicherry, India. I’ll never...

RNIB volunteers “honoured” to meet HM The King and HM The Queen

4 January 2026 | charity, news, event
Two volunteers with sight loss visited Windsor earlier this month to meet Royalty and explain how volunteering can bring communities together. Jonathan Abro and Simon Holt, who both volunteer for RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People), were part of...

College of Optometrists and RCOphth form new Eye Care Interoperability Steering Group

19 March 2026 | oculomics, optometry, allied professions, services
New cross-sector Eye Care Interoperability Steering Group formed to spearhead the development and implementation of common standards for eye care images in the UK . A new Eye Care Interoperability Steering Group has been established to accelerate the adoption of...

Orbis UK partners with optometry podcast Beedie on Eyewear to spotlight global eye health

20 March 2026 | international, charity
International eye care charity Orbis UK has partnered with Beedie on Eyewear: The Podcast for its second season, highlighting the global problem of avoidable sight loss to audiences in the optical sector. Hosted by optometrist Beedie, the weekly podcast takes...

Full employment

3 April 2026 | | EYE - General
The Soviet Union famously had near zero unemployment throughout its existence, which casual observers might have mistaken for thrusting economic superiority, compared with the much larger waxing and waning dole queues of the capitalist West. For multiple reasons, lowering unemployment...

Beyond the slit lamp: Unanticipated lessons from my ophthalmology elective

3 April 2026 | | EYE - General
My six-week elective in ophthalmology at Westmead Hospital in Sydney offered much more than technical mastery; it challenged my assumptions about patient care, teaching and the role of curiosity in medicine. Though my passion for eyes was ignited by my...

Alcon UK and Ireland announces launch of Clareon® PanOptix® Pro

4 June 2026
- Sponsored Content - Alcon UK and Ireland announces launch of Clareon® PanOptix® Pro: Delivering a Light Experience Like Never Before in a Trifocal IOL1-7 , ¥ – now with less light scatter1,2,8-9 , * Clareon® PanOptix® Pro delivers: •...