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Dissecting the green credentials of ophthalmology virtual clinics

Since 2006, the NHS’ long-term plans have consistently advocated and resourced telemedicine. The current 10-year plan that was announced in 2019 aimed to cut face-to-face outpatient visits by one-third by 2024, by adopting digital consultations. The NHS plan calculates that...

NHS Practitioner Health: Providing you with the care you deserve

Healthcare professionals carry a unique weight: the responsibility for the lives and wellbeing of others. But who takes care of the caregivers? For over 15 years, NHS Practitioner Health has been doing just that – providing vital mental health and...

An update on idiopathic intracranial hypertension

The incidence of Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is increasing, likely in line with the worldwide epidemic of obesity. To date, there have been revisions in the terminology used and diagnostic criteria for IIH; these recognise the need to exclude secondary...

Cataract surgery in uveitis patients

Cataract formation is a common complication of uveitis, causing up to 40% of vision loss in these patients. Cataract results from inflammation +/- corticosteroid therapy and is usually posterior subcapsular, but a small proportion have a rapid increase in nuclear...

Vascular density evaluated by SS-OCTA and microperimetry in RP

The aim of this retrospective, observational cross-sectional one-year study was to evaluate the retinal and choroidal vessel density in the macular area with swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (SS-OCTA) in patients of retinitis pigmentosa (RP), to compare this data with...

MacuMira and Keeler announce strategic partnership to expand dry AMD therapy

Keeler, a global leader in ophthalmic innovation with more than a century of heritage, and MacuMira Medical Devices Inc, a pioneering Canadian company, has announced a strategic partnership. Under the agreement, Keeler will manufacture the MacuMira device and lead its...

Patient care a family affair at Newcastle-Under-Lyme eye hospital

With Mother’s Day just around the corner, mother and daughter Lisa Moors and Hannah Young won’t have to wait until next Sunday to spend time together - the pair work side-by-side, caring for hundreds of cataract surgery patients each week...

Neuro-ophthalmology Illustrated (3rd edition)

I have a slight hatred of neuro-ophthalmology. It seems bizarre and foreign to me and I know I’m not the only one who groans at getting a patient with diplopia or a non-specific headache. So I will always be pretty...

Is virtual reality perimetry as reliable as static perimetry in detecting neurological visual field loss?

This study compares agreement between virtual reality perimetry (VRP) and static automated perimetry (SAP) in a variety of neuro-ophthalmological conditions. For this work the Order of Magnitude (OM) VR-based visual field assessment system was used which has been developed by...

Piloting myopic control glasses effects on axial length under mesopic conditions

This study aimed to pilot whether axial length reduces when being treated with myopia control glasses in mesopic conditions. Participants were required to have single-vision glasses with spherical equivalent between -1.00 and -5.00 dioptres, astigmatism less than -1.00 dioptre, a...

Fenofibrate and diabetic retinopathy

Fenofibrate is an agonist of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha (PPARα) which is used as a lipid-lowering agent. By reducing blood lipid levels, it can decrease retinal hard exudates which is beneficial in diabetic retinopathy (DR). FIELD and ACCORD studies show that...

The Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness: How ICEH maintains the cornerstone of global eye health data

In this paper we will discuss The Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness (RAAB), a survey methodology that has become the single largest source of population eye health data globally. The origins of RAAB The RAAB is a rapid, population-based survey...