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Countdown to opening begins as NHS takes keys for new Sunderland Specialist Eye Hospital

18 June 2026 | services
Leaders at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust today took their first steps inside the region’s new specialist eye hospital as construction partner Kier officially handed over the keys. Set to open later this summer, NHS leaders have also...

England Women’s Blind Football Captain credits Royal Blind School for helping her score an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours

26 June 2026 | charity, patient stories
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...

SeeAbility to offer eyecare to tens of thousands of children in special schools across London and the South East

4 August 2026 | charity, public health, services
Disability charity SeeAbility has been awarded an NHS contract to offer eyecare to most special schools in London and large areas of South East England. The rollout of the charity’s expanded Special School Eye Care Service, starting from September 2026...

Improved efficacy expected with second-generation microinvasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) devices

1 July 2015 | | EYE - Glaucoma
Microinvasive surgical approaches to primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) offer minimally traumatic options for effective intraocular pressure (IOP) reduction in appropriately selected glaucoma patients. Increases in laser trabeculoplasty rates and wider adoption of glaucoma drainage device filtration procedures, together with the...

What’s trending? Dec/Jan 2018

1 December 2017 | | EYE - General
A round-up of the eye related hot topics that have been trending on social media over the last few weeks. #scleratattoo Yes, you read that correctly. Scleral tattoos are a relatively new form of extreme body modification. Oddly enough, ‘sclera...

ANZGS Congress 2025

14 February 2025 -16 February 2025
As Chair of the Australian and New Zealand Glaucoma Society I am pleased to invite you to the 2025 ANZGS Congress which will be held in Perth from 14 – 16 February 2025. Following the triumph of the well-attended 2024...

Towards virtual reality conferences?

5 August 2020 | | EYE - General
COVID-19 is forcing us to reconsider every aspect of life. The authors ask what future ophthalmic meetings could look like. The coronavirus disease COVID-19 pandemic disrupted ophthalmic conferences resulting in the cancellation of the majority of meetings in 2020, e.g....

AOP launches research into key reforms proposed for primary eye care services in Wales

19 May 2023 | AOP, eyecare services, primary, Wales
The Welsh Government put forward proposals for major reforms of primary eye care services

Views invited on the future Special Schools Eye Care Service

10 October 2023 | optometry, AOP, Julie-Anne Little, children, NHS England, special needs, SEN Campaign
NHS England are consulting on the current model of the Special Schools Eye Care service that is live in 83 schools across England.

Andy Hill (NuVision Biotherapies) discusses recent AOP update to clinical guidelines

8 December 2023 | NuVision, Andy Hill, amniotic membranes, guidelines, AOP, optometrist, outpatient, dry eye, lens
There are currently 600,000 people on the NHS waiting list for ophthalmology treatment, and over 5 million people in the UK currently live with dry eye disease. Here Andy Hill, CEO at NuVision Biotherapies Ltd, discusses a recent update to clinical guidelines and what this means for optometrists, patients, and taxpayers.

Parents urged to get children checked for dry eye disease

20 April 2026 | dry eye, public health
Dry eye disease (DED) has become a feature of teenage and young adult life, rather than a condition which traditionally troubled only the middle-aged. The problem is largely unrecognised, says a leading figure in children’s vision and eyecare, Prof James...

Dry eye disease treatments come to the fore at 100%

20 February 2025 | 100%, events, meetings, OSA, industry, business
Guidance on setting up, or enhancing, a Dry Eye disease clinic within the practice will be freely available from OSA members exhibiting at 100% Optical: 1–3 March. The ability to diagnose and treat a major irritation for many is winning...