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MOS Spring Meeting 2026

Midland Ophthalmological Society Spring Meeting, March 2026

BEECS 2026 Annual Meeting

British Emergency Eye Care Society 11th Annual Meeting

Your 101 guide to interpreting the Pentacam®

Anterior segment tomography produces a three-dimensional assessment of anterior and posterior corneal structures. The Pentacam uses rotating Scheimpflug imaging to generate cross-sectional scans of the cornea and anterior chamber, essential for detecting ectasia, refractive surgery screening and longitudinal monitoring. However,...

Part 1: Good news, bad news at the international conference

One of my favourite comic strips from my childhood was Good News, Bad News which ran in Jackpot comic from 1979–1982. In this strip, the story for the main character would be described in a series of alternating ‘Good News’...

Eyes on the road – visual standards for car drivers

The author examines the current visual standards required by drivers and asks whether more needs to be done to make roads safer. Are the public adequately protected by the current system of visual standards required by drivers? In a survey...

Efficacy and safety of novel PF brimonidine / timolol fixed-combination ophthalmic solution for OAG

This study is a multicentre, randomised, open-label, parallel-group clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a newly developed preservative-free (PF) brimonidine / timolol fixed-combination (BTFC) ophthalmic solutions as compared with preservative-containing (PC) BTFC ophthalmic solution in adult patients...

Eyecare clinic has clear vision for Ugandan village

The team from a sight-saving Worcester eye clinic are taking their skills to Uganda after being inspired by a patient whose charity work in Africa began following the tragic death of her husband. Newmedica Worcester – which offers a range...

Full employment

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...

Outcomes in intermediate age-related macular degeneration (AMD): A MACUSTAR study report

Intermediate AMD (iAMD) is the most high-risk AMD stage for progressing to late AMD. This article gives the report of the MACUSTAR study. A wide range of assessments were conducted across 20 sites in seven European countries, in accordance with...

The Lacrimal System Diagnosis, Management and Surgery (Second Edition)

The lacrimal drainage apparatus is an intricate conduit, the function of which depends on a complex interplay of its morphology and physiology. This book enhances our understanding of the disorders of the nasolacrimal system, their diagnosis, management and the surgical...

Redeployment during the COVID-19 pandemic: personal accounts from four ophthalmology trainees

We once believed that the coronavirus would not penetrate the safe confines of the United Kingdom, like so many outbreaks before this. Once the news came that this pandemic descended into our hospitals, the anxieties about redeployment began. Many of...

Silicone band loop myopexy in the treatment of myopic strabismus fixus

This is a retrospective case series of chart review of patients who had silicone band loop myopexy between January 2008 to December 2012 for myopic strabismus fixus (MSF) at a tertiary eye centre in India. A minimum period of two...