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Dramatic myopic shift due to epithelial basement membrane dystrophy

3 October 2024 | | EYE - Cornea
Epithelial basement membrane dystrophy (EBMD), also known as map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy, is a common anterior corneal disorder affecting approximately 2% of the population [1]. It is characterised by the abnormal maintenance of the basement membrane, resulting in protrusions into the epithelium....

Tricks and tips for paediatric refraction

4 December 2025 | | EYE - Paediatrics
Refraction is an important part of the paediatric eye examination but can sometimes be challenging. If a child struggles to co-operate with the eye examination, how can one ensure that the best outcome is achieved? There are tips here which...

My Top Five: Red flag presentations all resident doctors must know

18 December 2025 | | EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Ophthalmic emergencies are time-critical situations where delays in recognition or management can lead to permanent vision loss [1]. For resident doctors and medical students, identifying these red flags can be daunting, especially given the complexity of the eye and its...

Greater awareness of children’s vision care is urged by the profession

9 April 2025 | paediatric, children, teenagers, patient stories, survey, Questionnaire, optometry, needs
Greater attention needs to be given to children’s vision, believes the profession, as a recent survey by Mumsnet reveals that visits to the optometrist are lower down the agenda than dental visits. It found that 9% of parents saw no...

RCOphth 2024 Report

28 May 2024 | | EyeConUK, RCOphth2024, Royal College of Ophthalmology, events, meetings, reports, previews, Eye News
A comprehensive tapestry of all our RCOphth Annual Congress content captured between 20–23 May 2024.

Building Capacity for Children’s Eye Care in Africa: the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme

1 December 2013 | | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - General
This article follows the Correspondent News articles in the previous five print issues of Eye News [1-5] on the VISION 2020 LINKS Programme [6]. This article describes how African and UK eye care teams are working together to tackle childhood...

Diabetic retinopathy screening in Belize: a country’s journey towards reducing blindness from DR

1 February 2019 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
The rise of diabetes mellitus (DM) and its complications is a public health concern in the Caribbean. The Caribbean Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) Programme, managed by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and funded by the Queen Elizabeth...

The International AMD Genomics Consortium study: another success in understanding the complex genetics of AMD

1 April 2017 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a neurodegenerative complex disease of the eye and a major cause of blindness and visual impairment among the elderly worldwide. The early stages of the disease are characterised by asymptomatic pigmentary abnormalities and accumulation of...

Initiatives in macular service provision

1 December 2015 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
A report from Monitor in October 2015 identifies good practices that will realise most of the potential productivity gain in elective care available to NHS hospitals. These include: stratifying patients by risk and creating low-complexity pathways for lower-risk patients (tailoring...

NICE drugs: an update on what’s good to go

1 June 2014 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Treatment options recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) must be readily available for use in the NHS of England and Wales. This article provides an overview of recent guidance from NICE and summary advice issued...

Designing ophthalmology services - Part 1: How do we address the queues in a clinic?

23 January 2020 | | EYE - General
This first of a three-part series shows how systems engineering can be used to correctly diagnose and address the causes of delays in a clinic. The second article, which will be featured in the April/May 2020 issue, describes how to...

Designing ophthalmology services Part 2: How do we address the queues for a clinic?

1 April 2020 | | EYE - General
The first of this three-part series showed how systems engineering can be used to correctly diagnose and address the causes of delays in a clinic. This second article describes how to design a more productive system that meets the new...