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The 12 Days of UKISCRS: Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the IOL

20 December 2024 |
On the three days of UKISCRS, my IOL gave to me… Sparkles and great company, Trainees and mentors shaping who I’ll be, Insightful talks and memories to cherish endlessly! I had the privilege of attending the inaugural 48th Annual UKISCRS...

The world of the unseen

3 October 2024 | | EYE - Imaging, EYE - General
We are witnessing an incredible era of miraculous and marvellous discoveries. The globe has seen breakthroughs in science, medicine, creative arts, technology, digital media, and much more. In warm, sunny April, Emerald Network celebrated its 20th year of Eid events,...

Beyond the slit lamp: Unanticipated lessons from my ophthalmology elective

3 April 2026 | | EYE - General
My six-week elective in ophthalmology at Westmead Hospital in Sydney offered much more than technical mastery; it challenged my assumptions about patient care, teaching and the role of curiosity in medicine. Though my passion for eyes was ignited by my...

Artificial intelligence could transform patient education in eyecare

17 April 2026 | artificial intelligence, public health, technology
A multilingual, voice-enabled chatbot helps patients access retinal detachment advice through personalised, real-time, clinically grounded conversations. From hospital leaflets to spoken answers in dozens of languages, new research from the University of East London (UEL) suggests artificial intelligence could dramatically...

New GIRFT glaucoma guidance – opportunities for improvement through primary eyecare services

28 May 2026 | Guidelines, Optometry
Primary eyecare organisations have welcomed the publication of NHS England's Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Best Practice Guidance for Glaucoma Services. If implemented by ICBs as intended, the new guidance should mark an important step forward in the delivery...

Roles, titles, and the healthcare scientist

2 August 2024 | | EYE - Imaging
Within the typical eye unit, there are lots of ‘Ophth’ job titles. We as ophthalmic professionals mostly know what these titles mean, but do our patients and junior staff? During my career I have had many and varied job titles,...

MOSUK Annual Meeting 2026

25 February 2026
Medical Ophthalmological Society's 27th Annual Meeting

An optometrist’s view of the Emergency Eye Day

1 October 2017 | | EYE - General
Liverpool is steeped in history, from its mercantile history, home to Cunard and the White Star line, to the Merseybeat and Derek Hatton. Not to be outdone at their annual meeting in the city, the Royal College of Ophthalmologists made...

A closed angle seldom comes alone

1 June 2017 | | EYE - Glaucoma
Case report An 89-year-old lady with dementia was referred to me out of hours by her GP with a few days history of an angry looking left eye for suspected elevated intraocular pressure (IOP). I discovered that this lady first...

Optical coherence tomography – reinventing the eye examination

1 October 2016 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Imaging
It has been 25 years since Huang et al. presented the first optical coherence tomography (OCT) images in Science [1]. With vast improvements in OCT technology over the years, it is now possible to acquire high-resolution cross-sectional images of the...

Prognostic AI for diabetic retinopathy: Towards the first prospective trial in the UK

3 February 2026 | | EYE - Imaging, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal
Artificial intelligence (AI) is frequently described as having the capacity to dramatically change and improve healthcare. One extensively studied application of AI in ophthalmology involves the diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy (DR) or diabetic maculopathy (DM) using retinal imaging. An emerging...

Myopia management

1 December 2022 | | EYE - General
With the growing prevalence of myopia at epidemic levels in some countries and increasing number of research publications on myopia control, there is a lot of controversy regarding the management of myopia. As none of them are at present available...