Ahead of World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day on 30 January, international eye care charity Orbis has announced that it has achieved the World Health Organisation (WHO) threshold for eliminating trachoma as a public health concern in Sheka Zone, Southwest...
One winning entry will be picked during our time at Congress and the winner will receive a copy of Sohaib Rufai’s essential textbook, MCQs for FRCOphth Part 1 (2022), which features 450 MCQs spread evenly across five sections, with detailed...
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...
Yes, this month sees the return of the four-yearly nightmare for me which is the Fifa World Cup. I have had to live with the torture of watching England being knocked out of the tournament ever since I first started...
James Oddie, 52, from Dalkeith, a former RAF air traffic control assistant, saw his life change overnight when a brain haemorrhage and stroke left him with sight loss, double vision and severe balance issues. After returning home from hospital, everyday...
Samantha Gough, an inspirational visually impaired athlete from Edinburgh, has been awarded an MBE in the 2026 King’s Birthday Honours for services to sport and to the visually impaired community. Sam’s journey to becoming one of Britain’s most accomplished visually...
Since 2006, the NHS’ long-term plans have consistently advocated and resourced telemedicine. The current 10-year plan that was announced in 2019 aimed to cut face-to-face outpatient visits by one-third by 2024, by adopting digital consultations. The NHS plan calculates that...
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) represents nurses and nursing. While the terms ‘nurses’ and ‘nursing’ are used generically, membership is inclusive of a variety of clinical roles, including midwives, advanced nurse practitioners, advanced clinical practitioners, nurse consultants, registered nursing...
A pupil from Portobello High School, Edinburgh, is speaking out about the challenges visually impaired young people face in securing work experience and employment opportunities, after overcoming barriers of her own through a summer internship with Sight Scotland. Millie Williams,...
1 August 2014
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EYE - General
Nowadays almost everyone has been exposed to comics, especially during childhood. In a way, this is a natural form of progression from children’s story books, which also contain words and pictures. This exposure has helped us to develop the graphic...
The VISION 2020 LINKS Programme has initiated ‘LEAD FORWARD’, an innovative leadership development project incorporating a commitment to cascade training and participate in achievable quality or service improvement projects. The project provides opportunities to apply leadership skills in practice as...