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The results of the last survey Dec21

1 December 2021 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
Consent is a hot topic at the moment and the publication of the GMC Guidance on Consent [1] has rightfully refocussed our attention on it. Consent practices vary wildly and have been the subject of many of these surveys. Once...

International eyecare charity Orbis and Tom Davies Eyewear take on Africa's biggest road race

1 December 2025 | charity, international
Blindness prevention charity Orbis and Tom Davies Eyewear take on Africa’s biggest road race and raise over 80,000. The team braved high altitude and heat to raise vital funds for the charity’s sight-saving work across Ethiopia. On 23rd November, eleven...

What's trending Feb/Mar 2018

1 February 2018 | | EYE - General
A round-up of the eye related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. We are officially in 2018. New year, new you. The clock starts to turn to midnight and suddenly the excess...

Retina Subspecialty Day highlights from the RCOphth 2026 Annual Congress

5 August 2026 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Implementation of biosimilars in NHS retinal services A NHS England (NHSE) perspective Luke Nicholson (Moorfields Eye Hospital) explained that the NHSE perspective overall is structured on best value medicine for the patient and system, accounting for a finite budget and...

Second sight: Ian McKinley

4 October 2023 | | EYE - General
I have always been captivated by a true-life story demonstrating the human spirit of triumph over adversity. For me, one of the most memorable sportsmen overcoming an injury has always been the mountaineer Joe Simpson and his tale of survival...

The happiness coefficient: Pete’s hidden curriculum Part 5

4 December 2023 | | EYE - General
Jeremy: Come on, man, shake your booty! Tonight even Paxman’s out, hoovering up lines of crank off Krishnan Guru-Murthy. Tonight’s the big one.Mark: Jeremy, all rational people agree it’s a truth self-evident that it’s impossible to have a good time...

An interview with Rachel Morris: Clinician wellbeing and difficult conversations

19 August 2025 | | EYE - General | Wellbeing
In the last wellbeing supplement, I interviewed Robert Self, Vice President of the Association of Anaesthetists, and we discussed the resources that doctors can access when experiencing problems with their wellbeing. One of those that he recommended was the podcast...

Survey of current undergraduate ophthalmology teaching in the United Kingdom

1 October 2019 |
Is there a crisis in ophthalmic education? The British Undergraduate Ophthalmology Society surveyed medical students and junior doctors to evaluate current ophthalmology teaching across medical schools in the UK. British medicals schools are currently not obligated to include ophthalmology within...

Choroidal folds

1 August 2014 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - General, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Choroidal folds are undulations of the choroid, Bruch’s membrane and pigment epithelium, with wrinkling of the overlying retina. They may be idiopathic but can also be caused by a number of different conditions. Case report A 60-year-old male patient was...

Periorbital and subconjunctival emphysema - a sign of orbital rim fracture

3 February 2023 | | EYE - General
Background Orbital emphysema is a condition where air is present in orbit or periorbital tissues [1]. It is most commonly caused by trauma leading to orbit fracture, where air from paranasal sinuses is allowed to enter the orbit. The most...

IN FOCUS - Beyond 2020: what next for global eye health?

1 April 2020 | | EYE - General
The year 2020 is a pivotal year for global eye health. It marks the conclusion of ‘VISION 2020: The Right to Sight’ which has guided action for the past two decades, and the end of the World Health Organization (WHO)...

A life outside ophthalmology

3 April 2023 | | EYE - General
Lloyd Paul Aiello. It was an absolute privilege to speak to Lloyd Paul Aiello, Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, and Vice President of Ophthalmology and Director, Beetham Eye Institute, Joslin Diabetes Center, USA. Prof Aiello is a third-generation ophthalmologist,...