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Primary eyecare backs the government’s three key shifts in NHS care and calls for urgent implementation in Phase One of the 10 Year Plan
ABDO, The College of Optometrists and FODO strongly back the government’s three big shifts for the NHS in England: Hospital to community Analogue to digital Sickness to prevention. These go to the heart of what primary eye care is about...Conference Report: The Medical Ophthalmology Society UK (MOSUK) 26th Annual Meeting
The Medical Ophthalmology Society UK (MOSUK) held its 26th annual meeting on 26 February 2025 at the International Students House in Great Portland Street, London. Medical ophthalmology is a distinctive and holistic speciality that encompasses the investigation, diagnosis, and management...Strabismus and ocular motility, demystified
I am a former orthoptist, now trained in medicine and working as a foundation doctor. In my previous work, I was frequently approached by ophthalmology trainees eager for guidance with strabismus and ocular motility. Drawing on my clinical experience, I...The future of SLT?
For Feb/Mar 2024, we are looking at a recently released laser machine to perform direct SLT – selective laser trabeculoplasty (DSLT). Although SLT is well known, DSLT is sufficiently novel that a brief description is a good place to start....AAO cancels meeting for first time since 1945
The AAO has announced that its 2020 meeting will now be virtual only.Ombudsman comments on CQC's annual State of Care report
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Rob Behrens comments on the Care Quality Commission's (CQC) annual State of Care report.How do blind and vision impaired people experience loneliness and isolation?
This week Fight for Sight / Vision Foundation released a report highlighting the acute experiences of loneliness among people who are blind or vision impaired.Primary eyecare welcomes Government’s commitment to improve access to care
The Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ABDO), The College of Optometrists and the Federation of Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians (FODO) back the Government’s commitment to put patients in the driving seat and give them more control and choice over their...RNIB appoints Sir Jim Harra as new Vice Chair
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has appointed Sir Jim Harra to take up the roles of Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Governance, Nominations and Remuneration Committee. Jim was previously a Permanent...Defence Medical Services Ophthalmology Conference 2024
by Dr Ben Smith, General Duties Medical Officer (Army), Tidworth, UK. This annual national meeting of tri-service defence ophthalmologists was held in the beautiful and historic setting of Merton College in Oxford, hosted by Professor Robert MacLaren, the current Professor...
Confocal microscopy and corneal graft rejection
Forty-five patients following penetrating keratoplasty (PK) were examined with the HRT III Rostock Cornea Module confocal microscope at various points after their surgery for two years. Activated keratocytes (AKs) were counted manually and their mean number evaluated. A pattern was...
