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Ridley Eye Foundation’s Spring camp programme

2 August 2024 | | EYE - General
The Ridley Eye Foundation continues its work in taking surgery to patients in remote communities living above 2000m in Nepal’s Himalayas. This spring, between 28 March – 7 April 2024, we supported surgical camps in Jumla and Mugu, both in...

Specialist high-street eye clinics for managing patients with retinal disorders can enhance care standards

1 December 2018 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
The author examines the successful introduction of community-based retinal clinic services by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. Dr Sajjad Mahmood, Consultant Ophthalmologist, MREH, shares experience of establishing community-based medical retina clinic services. Sight loss from age-related macular degeneration (AMD), cataract,...

Training the trainers

1 February 2015 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
Learning phakoemulsification is a psychologically demanding process. Every ophthalmologist passing through the UK training system will almost certainly have many stories to tell of difficulties faced along the way; hideous disasters where lessons were learnt, as well as glorious triumphs...

Eyes on Rwanda: Lessons from an international ophthalmology experience

2 October 2025 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Glaucoma
On the 26 February 2025, I travelled to Rwanda on the invitation of a former Belfast trainee, Michael Mikhail. Michael is now one of only two vitreoretinal (VR) surgeons in Rwanda, a country with a population of 14 million. Born...

What intentional eyecare looks like: Lessons from Aravind Eye Hospital

12 December 2025 | | EYE - General
Jet-lagged, following 24 hours of travel from Boston, sweat rolled down my forehead only to return moments after I had wiped it away. Even the English signs seemed suddenly indecipherable in the humid midday heat of Pondicherry, India. I’ll never...

The interpretation and use of ultrasound biomicroscopy (part 1)

1 October 2016 | | EYE - Cornea, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Ultrasound Biomicroscopy (UBM) has become increasingly important for the diagnosis of a variety of anterior segment pathologies. Most ophthalmologists are familiar with conventional B-scan ultrasonography techniques, which operate at lower sound frequencies (7.5 to 20MHz). UBM is an ultrasound technique...

Acetylcholine receptor antibodies in the diagnosis of ocular myasthenia gravis at the Manchester Royal Eye Hospital

3 August 2023 | | EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology
Myasthenia gravis (MG) is the commonest autoimmune condition to affect the neuromuscular junction. In the UK, its prevalence is 15 per 10,000 [1,2] and recent studies have shown that rates are steadily increasing [3,4]. Aims of this audit The aim...

What’s trending? Oct/Nov 2017

1 October 2017 | | EYE - General
A round-up of the eye related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #NHSwaitingtimes, #NHSprivatisation, #NHSpostcodelottery The NHS in crisis seems ever topical, but this time, the focus is on long waiting times...

Learning from litigation: ocular drug toxicity

3 August 2023 | | EYE - General
Being the subject of litigation is stressful and upsetting. Having to look back over your previous decisions and justify the care you delivered in good faith can be difficult. Sadly, we all live with the sword of Damocles above us...

Building capacity for diabetic retinopathy services in Malawi

1 August 2019 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
Screening for diabetic retinopathy prevents blindness. There is no systematic screening programme for diabetic eye disease in Malawi and people present when they have lost vision and it is too late for treatment. The aim of the VISION 2020 LINK...

Back-to-back congresses in Africa highlight international collaboration to advance eye health

4 December 2023 | | EYE - General
The ISOO Africa 2023 Congress The first International Society of Ocular Oncology (ISOO) [1] conference to be held in Africa took place in Mombasa, Kenya, from 21-23 August 2023. Participants came from all over Africa, as well as the US,...

Insights from the ‘Rb-NET Challenges’ Session: Evolving approaches in global retinoblastoma management

2 April 2025 | | EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Oncology
The Retinoblastoma Network (Rb-NET) Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) platform, developed by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and Professor Ido Didi Fabian, is a web-based telemedicine initiative that regularly hosts virtual MDT meetings focused on the evaluation and...