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AOP calls for ‘bold thinking’ in response to DHSC request for new minor and urgent eyecare service

19 November 2023 | ICB, optometry, LOCSU, CCHEC, Adam Sampson
The development of a standard specification for ICBs is welcome but ambition for a national approach ‘should not be sacrificed’.

Belfry to host summer OSA meeting

17 May 2024 | conferences, meetings, optician, optometrist, getaway, digital, eyecare
The Belfry beckons for all OSA members from 10–11 June, as one of the most enjoyable events of the optical calendar.

OSA signs further 10 year deal with 100% Optical

16 September 2024 | industry, conferences, events, diary, 100%, ophthalmology
The OSA and Media 10, owners of 100% Optical, have signed a further ten-year agreement to work together. This follows the three-year agreement which has been in place since the closure of Optrafair. The securing of this long-term relationship between...

New date confirmed for Plymouth dry eye event

16 May 2025 | optometry, optical, events, meetings, news, education
Evening of education, innovation and networking rescheduled to 16 June. SightCare, the trusted partner to independent optical practices in the UK, is pleased to announce that its dry eye roadshow event in partnership with Lumenis will now take place on...

EU: is it time to leave and embrace the world?

1 June 2016 | | EYE - General
Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union (EU) or leave? It’s a big decision involving some complex issues, and there’s no doubt the EU will continue to change. Ipsos MORI’s monthly EU voting intention poll published...

Dry eye disease treatments come to the fore at 100%

20 February 2025 | 100%, events, meetings, OSA, industry, business
Guidance on setting up, or enhancing, a Dry Eye disease clinic within the practice will be freely available from OSA members exhibiting at 100% Optical: 1–3 March. The ability to diagnose and treat a major irritation for many is winning...

A focus on Pakistan’s growing eye care needs: over 43 million patients treated for curable blindness free of charge

5 February 2020 | | EYE - General
With 90% of the world’s visually impaired living in developing countries, Pakistan is no exception to this on-going global healthcare challenge. Despite massive leaps over the last few decades in targeting this issue, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that...

Adaptive optics imaging: resolving single cells in the living eye

1 June 2014 | | EYE - Cornea
The human retina is unique in the central nervous system (CNS) in that it can be directly visualised non-invasively. Technological advances of several imaging modalities, including optical coherence tomography (OCT), multichannel scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (SLO) and fundus photography, have afforded...

The results of the last survey Apr24

3 April 2024 | | EYE - General
It has been a few years now since we started these surveys and I continue to be amazed by the variance in our practice. As a patient, I think I would expect there to be more consistency and evidence-based practice....

The results of the last survey Dec23

4 December 2023 | | EYE - General
*Please be aware that this data does not form part of a peer reviewed research study. The information therein should not be relied upon for clinical purposes but instead used as a guide for clinical practice and reflection. Hopefully by...

Optical Suppliers Association: Autumn Meeting set for 27 October

22 September 2025 | conference preview, events, meeting, optician, optometry
The OSA’s Autumn Meeting will take place on 27 October at the St Pancras Hotel in London, providing member companies with the chance to learn more about organising their own CPD sessions. Looking ahead to 100% Optical and other opportunities...

In vivo confocal microscopy, principles and use in keratitis Part 1: Principles

1 April 2018 | | EYE - Cornea, EYE - Imaging
In 1968 Maurice introduced the concept of high powered specular microscopy, it was in that very year that the first scanning confocal microscope was proposed. Marvin Minsky developed the first confocal microscope in 1955 named the ‘double focusing scanning microscope’....