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Quantum imaging research could improve retinal scans

28 October 2025 | OCT, Imaging, Diagnosis, research, Retina
New EU-funded feasibility project is testing a quantum approach that could reveal finer detail in the eye than ever before. A European research consortium is exploring a new quantum imaging technique that could one day help clinicians see the earliest...

Eyes on Rwanda: Lessons from an international ophthalmology experience

2 October 2025 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Glaucoma
On the 26 February 2025, I travelled to Rwanda on the invitation of a former Belfast trainee, Michael Mikhail. Michael is now one of only two vitreoretinal (VR) surgeons in Rwanda, a country with a population of 14 million. Born...

Advocacy on the Airwaves: Pioneering eye health partnership doubles sight-saving child screenings in Zambian Province

20 November 2025 | international, charity, patient stories, public health
A pioneering eye health programme is creating a legacy for children in Zambia, having almost doubled access to sight-saving eye screenings in its first two years of operation. Working in the heart of Zambia’s Copperbelt Province, the Qatar Creating Vision...

Blind gaming group levels up at five years

10 December 2025 | patient stories, technology, services
A community of gamers with sight loss from across Scotland and Northern Ireland says its network is thriving as it marks its fifth anniversary. Formed during the pandemic lockdown in November 2020, as part of RNIB’s community work, the group...

What intentional eyecare looks like: Lessons from Aravind Eye Hospital

12 December 2025 | | EYE - General
Jet-lagged, following 24 hours of travel from Boston, sweat rolled down my forehead only to return moments after I had wiped it away. Even the English signs seemed suddenly indecipherable in the humid midday heat of Pondicherry, India. I’ll never...

Seven in ten UK adults support compulsory eye tests for drivers to improve road safety, new research reveals

22 December 2025 | optometry, services
The College of Optometrists and the Association of Optometrists say research shows “current vision checks aren’t keeping pace with what’s needed to keep everyone safe on the road” Seven in ten UK adults support calls for the introduction of mandatory...

Traffic Lights

4 December 2024 | | EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - Pathology
For this issue’s instalment of The Culture Section, I was privileged to speak to Moorfield’s first prize competition winner Charlotte Zheng. Earlier this year in January, Charlotte wrote a patient reflection poem for the prize competition titled ‘Patient as Teacher...

Orbis achieves WHO trachoma elimination threshold in Sheka Zone, Southwest Ethiopia

6 February 2026 | international, charity
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...

In conversation with Iqbal K Ahmed - From across the Atlantic

1 June 2015 | | EYE - Cataract, EYE - Cornea, EYE - Glaucoma, EYE - Imaging, EYE - Neuro-ophthalmology, EYE - Oculoplastic, EYE - Oncology, EYE - Orbit, EYE - Paediatrics, EYE - Pathology, EYE - Refractive, EYE - Strabismus, EYE - Vitreo-Retinal, EYE - General
Ike (Iqbal) K Ahmed is a pioneering ophthalmologist from Canada, currently serving as Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Utah. He is also the Research Fellowship Director, Department of Ophthalmology, University...

What can artificial intelligence do to improve sustainability in the delivery of ophthalmic care?

1 December 2025 | | sustainability, artificial intelligence, technology
The 2025 NHS 10-year plan, titled ‘Fit for the Future’, emphasises a significant shift from analogue to digital, with a strong focus on integrating AI and other technologies to transform healthcare. The plan aims to make the NHS the "most...

The restorative prescription: The case for carbon-negative healthcare

1 June 2026 | | sustainability
The Hippocratic Oath begins with a simple, profound directive: ‘First, do no harm.’ Yet, for decades, the global healthcare sector has been locked in a quiet paradox. While doctors work tirelessly to treat illnesses, heat exhaustion and vector-borne diseases, the...

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...