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Cornea teaching techniques: one cornea donor tissue for two purposes

2 February 2024 | | EYE - Cornea
There is a national shortage in the UK in corneal graft material [1,2]. The majority (69%) of corneal transplants in the UK are partial thickness, with 35% being Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) [2]. During the preparation of the donor...

Ground-breaking achievements in blindness prevention

1 October 2019 | EYE - General
One small UK based charity is enabling pioneering research to prevent blindness in low and lower middle income countries. The British Council for Prevention of Blindness (BCPB), established in 1976, funds innovative research and training which seeds the development of...

Eye News announces new partnership

1 November 2021
We are delighted to announce we are now media partners of King's College London Ophthalmology Society.

Unconscious bias (part 2)

5 February 2020 | | EYE - General
Does unconscious bias exist, and does training help to reduce discriminatory behaviour? Clare Inkster questions her role as a trainer. I read Gwyn Williams’ Learning Curve article on this topic a few months ago with interest, and as someone who...
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Fungi in chronic anterior blepharitis

1 June 2016 | | EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Orbit
In this prospective, non-randomised cross-sectional study the authors demonstrate the presence of fungi in patients with chronic anterior blepharitis of at least two years duration. Eyelash samples were obtained by epilation with sterile forceps and evaluated with PAS staining, fungal...

Conference Report: OSI Dry Eye Masterclass & Symposium 2025: A first-hand experience

6 June 2025 | | News, Events, Meetings, Report, Ocular Surface Insight
The Ocular Surface Insight (OSI) Dry Eye Masterclass & Symposium took place on the 27th and 28th of March 2025 at the Copthorne Tara Hotel in London, with the attendance of 186 delegates, bringing together experts, researchers, and clinicians from...

RCOphth Ultrasound Seminar - 29 October 2025

29 October 2025
This one day course, introduces the basic training in ophthalmic ultrasound. The course provides opportunity to conduct “hand-on-hand” supervised scanning on volunteers. It is suitable for all grades of ophthalmologists and allied professions. The faculties on the course are: Mr...

RCOphth (The Royal College of Ophthalmologists) Ultrasound Seminar

30 October 2024
This one day course, introduces the basic training in ophthalmic ultrasound. The course provides opportunity to conduct “hand-on-hand” supervised scanning on volunteers. It is suitable for all grades of ophthalmologists and allied professions. The faculties on the course are: Mr...

RCOphth: MIGS Club

16 January 2026
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS) Club

Building leaders for eye care in Africa: the COECSA-RCOphth VISION 2020 LINK

1 April 2015 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
The VISION 2020 LINK [1] between the College of Ophthalmology of Eastern, Central and Southern Africa (COECSA) and the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) has been building leaders of eye care in Africa since 2008, when a Memorandum of Understanding...

The role of virtual Rb-NET Multidisciplinary Team meetings in the management of children with retinoblastoma in low- and middle-income countries

6 April 2021 | | EYE - Pathology, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - General
A selection of participants in an MDT meeting with Uganda. In 2017 the LINKS Programme developed a new network of LINKS to support and coordinate action against retinoblastoma (Rb) in response to requests from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), called...

Enhancing glaucoma awareness and management in Nigeria – from grass roots to national policy development

5 June 2023 | | EYE - General
This is the second in a series (see Part 1 here) of three articles about strengthening eye health services in Nigeria through collaboration with the LINKS and Networks run at the International Centre for Eye Health, LSHTM. This article highlights...